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“GMOs, finally approved to be grown in Nigeria” a not so surprising news after all. The country has in recent times been trotting in the darkness of instability and economic uncertainty and it’s just not a big surprise that the oil rich nation would make room for such a decision as to approving the much controversial new wonder of biotechnology that many and more advanced countries in the world have out rightly banned. This rather fast approval which from reports took just a record time of two months from the time of application by Monsato could make the country the fastest endorser of GMO in the world. This seems just like another timely error with potential future consequences. The approval authorization reads thus” After a thorough analysis of the application dossier, risk management plan prepared in connection with the assessment of the application for the permit , it is unlikely that the proposed release will cause adverse impact on the environment and on human health . ...

Despite the slow pace signature of global yielding and actualization with respect to climate and ecological related interventions, the echoes of awareness raised overtime has in a lot ways recorded a level of tangible impact in today's world. In some way, the perception that obtains in the global dealings may have assumed an unrepentant record of discouraging outlooks but largely, if given a detailed and unbiased study, it will be well noted of the significant impact and range of reach with which every form of information and awareness has spread as regards the problems, causes and the possible means to solving the global issues that plague today's world. The zero emission future envisioning has remained on the frontline of climate activism and a top priority on the listing of adjustable means to a clean future. To making this a reality, fossil fuel has been tagged with a label of total let go such that every form of subsequent energy generation and utilization is free o...

Towards the Paris Agreement… a race for the nations The lead up to the next conference of parties to the UNFCCC (COP21) coming up later in the year in Paris is gradually gathering a level of momentum which on the scale of measure could be ascribed  as tilting towards been significantly ambitious with regards to the responses of countries to the submission of their respective Intended Nationally determined contributions (INDC). Following the  rather low spirited outcomes of the Lima negotiations and the optimistic expectations from the much anticipated Paris  negotiations in December, member countries to the UNFCCC have  agreed on a predefined course of action in the regards of  submitting nationally defined goals and targets  as their relative intended contributions towards the global agreement in Paris and in the obvious turn, the industrialized nations are excepted to lead the rest of the world in coming up with substantive and clea...