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New report details dire climate impacts in Latin America and Caribbean

Extreme weather and climate change impacts including mega-drought, extreme rainfall, land and marine heatwaves and glacier melt are affecting the Latin America and the...

Four key climate change indicators break records in 2021

Four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021. This is...

1.5-degree threshold could be reached in next five years – WMO

There is a 50:50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level for at least one of the...

UN-backed report reveals rising climate change risk across Africa

Climate change contributed to mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa last year, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and partners said in a...

Clean Air Day: UN releases Air Quality and Climate Bulletin

The COVID-19 lockdown and travel restrictions led to a dramatic short-lived fall in emissions of key air pollutants in 2020, especially in urban areas....

UN weather agency seeks to confirm 48.8°C ‘record’ heat spike in Sicily

UN weather experts said on Thursday, August 12, 2021 that they were actively looking into a possible record temperature for Continental Europe of 48.8...

WMO tasks Nigeria on sustainable environmental development

The World Meteorological Agency (WMO) has urged the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to effectively contribute to sustainable environmental development as new member of  WMO...

1.5°C could be reached in next five years – WMO

There is about a 40% chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5°C in at least one of the next five years...

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Experts take first step towards GEF-9 replenishment

With less than five years on the clock to meet key international environmental targets, experts gathered this week to...
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Coastal highway: Construction begins in Cross River, Akwa Ibom in March

Construction on Sections 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, located in Cross River and Akwa Ibom respectively,...

Five candidates cleared for AfDB presidency race – Committee

The race to lead the African Development Bank (AfDB) has officially begun with the release of the list of...

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Experts take first step towards GEF-9 replenishment

With less than five years on the clock to...

Coastal highway: Construction begins in Cross River, Akwa Ibom in March

Construction on Sections 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar...
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