BY Deborah Bodunde
Despite directly impacting our communities, health, and livelihoods, climate-related reports usually take a back seat to dominant news beats like politics and business.
Climate Watch aims to ensure you never miss important stories on climate change and actions being taken toward limiting its impact.
Here is a round-up of last week’s climate stories:
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has partnered with HellerWeather, a US-based weather content firm, to train the agency’s television weather presenters. NiMet said the 12-month training would help to improve the communication skills of its weather presenters. Charles Anosike, NiMet’s director-general and chief executive officer (CEO), said the training would enable the presenters to establish a strong connection with their audience. Read more here.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on March 26 approved a $50 million loan facility to support climate change resilience, improve livelihoods and boost food security in Yobe state. The bank said the loan was approved to support the state’s environment and climate change action plan (ECCAP), which will eventually improve the livelihoods of over 3.5 million people. The project which would cost an estimated $101.34 million would be co-financed by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), the Yobe state government, and the project beneficiaries. Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB president, said the project would help to tackle insecurity, climate vulnerability, food insecurity and build resilient livelihoods. Find out more here.
A new study has found that the melting of polar ice due to human-driven climate change has slightly slowed the earth’s rotation and “could affect how we measure time”. The study revealed that the melting of the ice has reduced the speed of the planet’s rotation but noted that the earth is still spinning a bit faster than it used to. The overall increase in speed means that for the first time in history, a second will need to be taken off. This means clocks may have to skip a second — known as the “negative leap second” — in 2029 to keep universal time in sync with the earth’s rotation. This, the study found, is being influenced by global warming, adding that the melting ice is delaying the leap second by three years. Read more here.
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