Climate

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Extreme weather cost global economy $2 trillion in past decade

Plu Team -
Extreme weather events linked to climate change have cost the global economy over $2...
Climate

COP29 begins, IPCC unveils events at climate change conference

Eric Ojo -
Ahead of the upcoming 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework...
Climate

Pluboard gets climate award

Jane Kalu -
Pluboard has won its first award, receiving the Climate Media Spotlight award in Abuja...
Climate

Responders to Borno floods are themselves affected by crisis

Plu Team -
Flash floods throughout West and Central Africa have left more than 5 million people in need...
Climate

With tomato shortage and deadly floods, climate change alerts Nigeria

Ini Ekott -
As torrents of water surged through Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, Babakura Mustapha’s...
Climate

Nigeria floods claim 269 lives across states

Olawale Afolabi -
Heavy rains have devastated 30 of Nigeria's 36 states, with the government reporting 269...
Climate

Climate Change costing Africa billions: 2-5% of GDP spent yearly

Eric Ojo -
African countries are losing between two and five percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
Climate

Bring the Olympic spirit to the task of saving our world

Plu Team -
By Joe Robertson If there is one image from the Paris Games that captured the Olympic spirit,...
Climate

Climate funds to Nigeria and others send billions back to wealthy countries

Glory Okah -
Wealthy countries are earning billions of dollars on funds they send to low-income countries...
Climate

Oil companies hiding methane emissions from satellite monitors

Plu Team -
Oil and gas companies are likely deploying equipment to conceal the level of gas...
Climate

Nigerian bakeries fuelling deforestation and climate change, study says

Olawale Afolabi -
A new study by researchers from the UK and Nigeria has shed light on...
Climate

Central banks build AI tool to monitor climate risks

Oge Udegbunam -
The global body representing a group of central banks says it is testing an AI tool...
Climate

Electric bikes (or okada) are entering Nigeria. India offers key lessons

Olawale Afolabi -
The electric-bike startup Spiro is expanding into Nigeria and planning to entice motorbike taxi...
Small Business

Nigeria estimates over 3 million small businesses lost due to climate change

Plu Team -
Nigeria has experienced a staggering loss of approximately 3 million small businesses over the...
Climate

2023 officially confirmed the hottest year on record

Olawale Afolabi -
Last year, 2023, officially dethroned 2016 as the hottest year on record, but scientists...
Climate

Explainer: What’s COP28? Here’s what you need to know

Anietie Umoren -
As the world grapples with the urgent need for climate action, the 28th Conference...
Climate

Nigeria ahead of China, others on investors’ bid for climate investing

Olawale Afolabi -
Some 95% of Nigerian retail investors are interested in investing in climate mitigation and...
Climate

Science says Nigeria faces more lightning risks. These tips can save lives

Jane Kalu -
Lightning strikes and deaths used to be relatively uncommon and not a major concern...
Climate

Inside the youth-led campaign that halted Ghana’s toxic coal project

Ini Ekott -
Chibeze Ezekiel understood the looming danger after the Ghanaian government announced the construction of a...
Climate

IMF seeks more fuel subsidy cuts, says climate above consumer pain

Eric Ojo -
The International Monetary Fund is pushing for more fuel subsidy cuts, arguing that while...
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