Environment & Climate Change
HumAngle’s Climate Desk researches, evaluates information about climate change, its characteristics, causes and impacts, and ways to mitigate it.
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Desertification Threatens Livelihoods In Northern Nigeria
Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, at an event to mark 2020 World desertification day in Abuja, disclosed that…
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Deforestation, Climate Change Endanger Freetownâs Water Supply
To combat massive logging and climate change, five million trees are to be planted across Sierra Leone between now and…
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Windstorm: SEMA Confirms 6 People Killed, 600 Houses Destroyed In Kano
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the death of six people and the destruction of 600 houses…
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Chad Reaffirms Commitment To Fight Desertification And Drought
Mr Brahim Mahamat Djamaladine, Chadâs Minister of Environment, Water and Fisheries, has expressed the commitment to fight desertification and drought…
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Germany Signs Agreement With 10 Central African Countries On Management Of Ecosystem
The German Embassy in Cameroon and the Central African Forestry Commission, popularly known by its French acronym, COMIFAC, on Monday…
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May 2020, The Hottest On Record – Climate Report
Globally, May was 0.63°C higher than the average May from 1981 to 2010, the warmest May on record. It was…
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Greenpeace Commends Cameroon For Rejecting Tax Reduction For Timber Exploiters
The international environmental non-governmental organisation, Greenpeace, has expressed satisfaction over the rejection by the Cameroonian government of demands by timber…
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DR Congo Violating Its Own Decision To Suspend Issuance Of Timber Exploitation License
In order to stop the illegal and wanton destruction of its immense forestry resources, the government of the Democratic Republic…
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UN Report Reveals Links Between Gender, Climate Change And Insecurity In Northern Nigeria
A new joint report, ââSustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Changeâ has revealed the close links between gender,…
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Cameroon Rejects Request Of Tax Relief For Forestry Exploiters
Cameroonâs Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife has said âthere is no institutional disposition that authorises the minister (of Forestry and…
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