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Flood alert issued for 19 states in Nigeria as heavy rainfall looms

Plu Team -
Nigeria’s environment ministry has issued a fresh flood alert covering 19 states, warning that...
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Report exposes role of African banks in growing fossil fuel financing

Plu Team -
Global financial institutions funnelled a staggering $869 billion into fossil fuel companies in 2024,...
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Rainy season just started in Nigeria. Over 110 killed by floods already

Plu Team -
At least 111 people have died in central Nigeria’s Niger State following hours of...
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More calls for Africa climate action

Eric Ojo -
Environmentalists, development experts, policymakers, state and non-state actors have harped on the need for...
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UN’s climate change panel starts 62nd plenary session in China

Eric Ojo -
The 62nd edition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) commenced Monday in...
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ADF seeks additional $4 billion to boost climate resilience in Africa

Eric Ojo -
The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB)...
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Climate tech innovation in Africa gets $10 million boost from AfDB

Eric Ojo -
Things are looking up in the climate tech innovation in Sub-Sahara Africa, courtesy of...
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Nigerian farmers get U.S. help on climate-smart farming

Eric Ojo -
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has empowered several smallholder...
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Africa needs $2.7 trillion by 2030 to combat climate change

Eric Ojo -
Africa currently requires approximately $2.7 trillion by 2030, an equivalent to $400 billion annually,...
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Africa losing 5% of GDP annually to climate-related disruptions – UN

Eric Ojo -
African economies lose up to 5% of Gross Domestic Product on average annually because...
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COP29: AFDB wants African countries’ GDP calculation to reflect “green wealth”

Eric Ojo -
As the world’s largest annual climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week, the...
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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...
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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...
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Pluboard gets climate award

Jane Kalu -
Pluboard has won its first award, receiving the Climate Media Spotlight award in Abuja...
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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...
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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...
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Nigeria floods claim 269 lives across states

Olawale Afolabi -
Heavy rains have devastated 30 of Nigeria's 36 states, with the government reporting 269...
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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)...
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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,...
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Climate funds to Nigeria and others send billions back to wealthy countries

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