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Michael Simire
After obtaining a degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Nigeria, Michael Simire later joined the Guardian Newspapers Limited as the Housing & Environment Reporter. Simire reports on issues related to the environment, nature conservation, sustainable development, human settlement, urban/infrastructure development, housing and real estate. Simire holds professional as well as post graduate qualifications in Urban Planning, as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism. His involvement as a mentee in the World Federation of Science Journalist’s Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Programme has, among other numerous benefits, expanded his scope of science journalism beyond environmental science to core science areas. He is a Fellow under the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) International Fellowship Programme (Cohort 13, LEAD Anglophone West Africa). He is presently Environment/Houses & Homes Editor with the Independent Newspapers in Lagos.
Posts by Michael Simire
G77 rejects EU’s $2.1bn for climate funding
No commentsThe Group of 77 countries turns down the EU’s climate funding proposal, saying that the financing is insignificant.
»Nigeria Links Gas Flareout To Carbon Trade
No commentsNigeria officially makes the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol the fulcrum of its drive to put a stop to carbon emissions from gas flaring.
»Nigeria Set To Announce Fresh Gas Flareout Date
No commentsNigeria, a notorious flarer of associated gas, says that a new date to stop the act, which will soon be announced, will not be shifted this time around.
»Nigerian Climate VIPs Preach Sustainability
No commentsNigerians are using the Copenhagen climate summit to highlight how they can tap the potential for sustainable economic development in the country.
»Africa Seeks $30bn To Remedy Effect
No commentsThe Africa Group is seeking short and long-term funding to tackle environmental damages as a result of a changing global climate.
»Climate Protesters Maintain Hunger Strike
No commentsHunger-strikers following in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and other notable political activists are drawing attention to their demand for action to protect the Earth’s climate.
»Summit Seeks Urgent Action Over Climate Backlash
No commentsAs the most significant climate talks in history near their end, the consensus is that they remain the best – and possibly the last – chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
»How Nigeria Is Coping With Climate Change Challenge
1 commentA special-purpose climate adaptation initiative in Nigeria has unveiled a package of community-based solutions and mitigation measures.
»Nigeria Has Climate Mitigation Plan, Says Official
1 commentNigeria says suggestions that it does not have a national plan of action to tackle climate change are untrue and are the work of hostile developed countries.
»Nigeria To Gain From UNEP Carbon Project
2 commentsAfrican and Asian communities are initial beneficiaries of a scheme designed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to ensure carbon payments for land management and agricultural activities.
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