Climate Change: Nigeria Commences 2nd Biennial Transparency Report With Stakeholders Workshop At Abuja

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Having achieved a significant milestone of submitting it’s first Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) in December 2024, the process of commencing the next reporting cycle of greenhouse gas emissions from relevant sectors of the Nigerian economy and documented in the Second Biennial Transparency Report (BTR2) and Fourth National Communication (NC4) has started with…

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Activists Deflate Over11,000 SUVs’ Tires To Control Climate Change

LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of climate change activists who deflated the tires of 43 gas guzzling SUVs in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood last Wednesday night told Yahoo News that they think their aggressive action is necessary to draw attention to carbon emissions. “We’ve generated media coverage in the 17 countries we’ve been active in,…

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NIMASA Is Fully Committed To Tackling Shipping Contribution To Climate Change-Jamoh

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Safety and Administration (NIMASA), Dr Bashir JamoH has affirmed that the Agency is committed to tackling  shipping’s contribution to climate change in line with the Nigeria’s Climate Change policy and IMO Greenhouse Gas strategy. Jamoh who gave the assurance in a statement titled, ‘World Maritime…

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Commonwealth Scribe Urges Leaders To “Dig Deeper” In Climate Talks For The Sake Of Vulnerable Nations

LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has appealed to world leaders attending the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 to close the gap in ongoing negotiations this week in Glasgow, with millions of lives and livelihoods on the line in climate-vulnerable countries. Secretary-General Scotland delivered her statement today to the resumed high-level segment of the…

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Why California Couple Donates Whooping $750m For Climate Change Research

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It did not escape Stewart Resnick’s attention that, after some unusual winter weather in 2015, his pistachio crop took a 70% hit. He couldn’t miss it when, for several years, his heat-blasted oranges came in smaller and less prodigiously than in the past. California’s persistent drought could not be ignored, either, by…

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World Bank Group Announces $200bn Over Five Years For Climate Action

LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank Group today announced a major new set of climate targets for 2021-2025, doubling its current 5-year investments to around $200 billion in support for countries to take ambitious climate action. The new plan significantly boosts support for adaptation and resilience, recognizing mounting climate change impacts on lives and livelihoods,…

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