Sustainability: “We are losing the race on climate change” – UN chief Antonio Guterres

Sustainability: “We are losing the race on climate change” – UN chief Antonio Guterres

The world is “losing the race” against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday at the elite Davos forum, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest catastrophic warming.

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Industry & Environment: “Mine waste storage facilities are like ticking time bombs”

Non-government groups have welcomed a United Nations report that recommends a “zero-failure objective” and establishing a UN Environment stakeholder forum to strengthen tailings dam regulations. The UN’s “Mine Tailings Storage: Safety is no accident” report looked at why existing engineering and technical knowhow was insufficient to meet the target of zero catastrophic incidents.

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Africa Oil & Gas: “Insecurity and conflict still hampering South Sudan’s oil” – Petroleum Economist reports

Heavily in debt and still suffering ruinous violence, South Sudan desperately needs to lift oil production and has bright hopes to send exports to neighbouring Ethiopia. The government in Juba has even suggested that output could reach 0.5m barrels a day, the level it says it was pumping before civil war broke out in 2013.

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OILPRICE: Niger Is key to West Africa’s future security

Niger is consistently ranked on the UN Human Development Index as one of the poorest countries in the world. Spiraling population growth along with frequent droughts has made it nearly impossible to reduce the poverty rate. Subsistence farmers usually move to the cities for work during the country’s long dry season.

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