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Despite directly impacting our communities, health, and livelihood, climate-related reports usually take a back seat to dominant news beats like politics and business. Climate Watch aims to ensure you never

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Following the release of the final installment of the sixth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , last week, said the report would help policymakers reduce emissions and adapt to climate change. Hoesung Lee, IPCC chair, advised that taking more intentional climate actions would minimise losses and damages, as well as deliver climate justice to the most vulnerable.

Suleiman Adamu, minister of water resources, officially announced the country’s position at the 2023 UN water conference held in New York, last week. Adamu said the move was aimed at ensuring quality and sustainable use of surface and ground waters. He added that transboundary basins severely affected by water scarcity and climate change were a result of internal water mismanagement, noting that efforts were needed to strengthen cooperation on shared water issues.

Meanwhile, at the water conference which closed on March 24, countries adopted the water action agenda, a “milestone” action plan containing almost 700 commitments to protect “humanity’s most precious global common good”. According to the , the water action agenda sets out a series of action-oriented game-changing commitments, from making smarter food choices to re-evaluating water as a powerful economic driver, and part of the earth’s cultural heritage.This story is published in partnership with Report for the World, a global service program that supports local public interest journalism.

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