Ebonyi’s flood was predicted, the response came five days late — now 24 states...

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10 nations that could vanish — and one UN vote just guaranteed they’ll never...

One country's highest point is five metres above sea level. Another has already abandoned entire villages to saltwater. A third could see its capital...
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While the world's attention was fixed on small Pacific and Caribbean island states, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a declaration this week with...
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As Nigeria marked World Rivers Day on Monday, the message from its water resources ministry was less celebratory than diagnostic: the country's rivers are...
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has warned that environmental degradation and climate-induced disasters could internally displace nearly 32 million people...
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15 States, Seven Days: Nigeria’s Flood Alert Puts Emergency Response to the Test

A week ago, this ConservationsNG asked whether Nigeria's flood forecasting apparatus was translating detailed warnings into action, or repeating a familiar cycle of accurate...
14,000 Communities Were Warned. Is Nigeria Listening?

High Flood Risk Threatens Lagos, Cross River, 13 Other States as ECOWAS Parliament Demands...

Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) Director General, Umar Ibrahim Mohammed, has issued an urgent high-risk flood alert for 15 states across the federation. The...
Plastic pollution choking fishing gear in central Vietnam threatens the livelihoods of 1.2 million coastal fishers and damages food security.

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