30.9 C
Lagos
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Tag:Great Green Wall

Great Green Wall: Reps canvass establishment of Africa regional parliamentary assembly

The House of Representatives on Thursday, May 20, 2021 stressed the need for the establishment of an African regional parliamentary assembly of the Sahel...

Great Green Wall receives over $10bn to regreen the Sahel

The ambitious Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGW) has received at least $10 billion in new funding. The funding will...

AfDB supports Great Green Wall with $6.5bn

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that it will support the Great Green Wall initiative with $6.5 billion over the next five years. President...

Govt trains youths, women to combat desertification

The Federal Government has put in place skill acquisition and entrepreneurship training, for youths and women to combat desertification and improve livelihood of communities...

Great Green Wall tops UN actions supporting SDGs, G20 agenda

The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) has been listed among the United Nation’s several exemplary actions that support the...

Africa’s Great Green Wall stars at Olympic opening ceremony

The history of the Olympic Games is one of chasing impossible dreams and stretching the limits of human ambition. Thus, it was fitting that,...

More investment crucial to upscale Great Green Wall initiative

During a high-level event on the Great Green Wall initiative, leaders of African countries called for increased investment in combatting desertification and land degradation...

Pitfalls, potential of Great Green Wall project, by group

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Abuja, Connected Development (CODE), has listed drawbacks being experienced by a project aimed at curbing desertification in Nigeria...

Latest news

33 states at high risk of flooding, warns hydrological agency

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has warned that 1,249 communities across 176 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 33...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

Climate White Paper: ‘Substantial flaws’ identified within Norway’s climate, energy strategy

Norway on Thursday, April 10, 2025, unveiled its Climate White Paper alongside a draft of new, yet supposedly insufficient, climate targets....

AfDB president pledges investment in Cross River’s health, agriculture sectors

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has pledged significant investment in Cross River State’s health...

Must read

33 states at high risk of flooding, warns hydrological agency

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has warned that...

Climate White Paper: ‘Substantial flaws’ identified within Norway’s climate, energy strategy

Norway on Thursday, April 10, 2025, unveiled its Climate White...