South Australia is facing higher temperatures, less rainfall, longer droughts and more intense bushfire seasons by 2030, a government report has warned. Susan Close, Deputy Premier of South Australia (SA) and Environment Minister, on Friday released the state’s Guide to Climate Projections for Risk Assessment and Planning report. It predicts more deaths from heat, lower […]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, on Friday discussed a number of regional and international issues, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement. Meeting on the sidelines of the 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Egypt’s Red Sea […]
The Kenyan Government intends to leverage youth-led forest conservation initiatives in a bid to strengthen the capacity of grassroots communities to cope with the climate crisis, an official said on Monday. Joshua Cheboiwo, the Director of Kenya Forestry Research Institute, said that tapping into the youthful demographic will help the state achieve an ambitious 30 […]
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said on Friday that primary schools in the Indian capital would be closed, following increasing levels of air pollution. Kejriwal said the schools would be closed from Saturday. “We’re taking all steps to control the situation. Meanwhile, we are shutting down all primary schools in Delhi from tomorrow,” the […]
The Federal Government, on Thursday said it has drilled 150 motorised boreholes to enhance access to safe drinking water in Adamawa State. Alhaji Aminu Sambo, the Controller of Housing, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, announced this during an interaction newsmen, on Thursday, in Yola. He said the government provided motorised boreholes designed with over-head […]
Intense early morning fire outbreak gutted three buildings on Thursday in Alekuwodo area of Osogbo Osun State. The NewsZenith gathered that the inferno began at about 2.30 a.m. The fire had caused collateral damages before men of the state Fire Service arrive at the scene. As at the time of filing this report, the cause […]
No fewer than six persons have been confirmed dead in a fire outbreak, on Tuesday, at the Adeola Odeku area of Victoria Island, Lagos. An eye witness said that the fire gutted a building suspected to be occupied by a bank in the area and that an unspecified number of vehicles were seen burning in […]
Ghana required a minimum of two billion U.S. dollars in capital investments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on universal sanitation coverage, a senior official has said. Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, Deputy Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, announced the figure in his keynote address at the annual national conference of the water, sanitation and […]
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ratified the UN Water Convention on the Protection and use of Trans-Border Water Courses and International Lakes. Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, told newsmen in Abuja that Nigeria has three trans-border waters viz the Rivers Niger and Benue and the Lake Chad. “This is a UN Convention […]
Two persons died after a diesel-laden tanker crashed and exploded at Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Tuesday. It was gathered that the driver of the truck, with number plate DTM 109 XA, lost control while going toward Ogun State. Eyewitness said the driver crashed the truck against the railings of the […]