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Tinubu makes new appointment Climate Change

Tinubu makes new appointment

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs. Omotenioye Majekodunmi as the Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change, succeeding Dr. Nkiruka Madueke. Madueke, who became the Council’s first DG in June 2024, is credited with laying the foundation for the agency’s institutional framework. Majekodunmi, an environmental lawyer and expert in…
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July 31, 2025
Meta’s Acquisition of Egypt’s PlayAI Signals a New Era for Africa’s AI Startups Moravec‘s Paradox

Meta’s Acquisition of Egypt’s PlayAI Signals a New Era for Africa’s AI Startups

Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired PlayAI, a Cairo-founded artificial intelligence startup specializing in expressive voice generation, in a deal that underscores Silicon Valley’s growing interest in Africa’s emerging deep-tech talent. While financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, Meta confirmed that PlayAI’s full team—including co-founders Mahmoud Felfel and Hammad…
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July 31, 2025
Tinubu Appoints Majekodunmi As DG, National Council On Climate Change Climate Change

Tinubu Appoints Majekodunmi As DG, National Council On Climate Change

  July 31, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Omotenioye Majekodunmi as the new Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC). The appointment was announced on Thursday in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Majekodunmi…
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July 31, 2025
As UN plastic treaty talks face possible deadlock, what are the ways forward? Plastic Pollution

As UN plastic treaty talks face possible deadlock, what are the ways forward?

Historically, most United Nations agreements have been reached by consensus. But based on recent events, this no longer seems likely for achieving a fully effective global treaty on plastic pollution, according to many analysts. The fifth resumed session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2) will take place…
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July 31, 2025
Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater Greenland

Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of Harder Glacier in northern Greenland, where a powerful subglacial flood surged with such force it fractured the ice sheet and meltwater burst through to the surface. (Image credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024), processed by ESA) A hidden lake beneath the…
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July 31, 2025
Top UN court paves way to lawsuits over inadequate climate finance Global Warming

Top UN court paves way to lawsuits over inadequate climate finance

Developed countries could be sued for failing to provide sufficient climate finance, after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled last week that, under the Paris Agreement, levels of public climate finance must be compatible with keeping global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. In their landmark advisory opinion delivered…
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July 31, 2025