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Urban landscape showing the contrast between green trees and buildings in a growing city

Urban Heat Island Effect: Why Cities Need More Trees

As cities expand, trees are often removed to make room for roads, residential buildings, commercial centres and other infrastructure. Open spaces are converted into construction sites, while natural vegetation gradually gives way to concrete, asphalt and other heat-absorbing surfaces. These changes are frequently associated with urban development. However, they can also remove some of the...
Urban development with buildings and green spaces illustrating the balance between economic growth and environmental protection

Sustainable Development: Balancing Economic Growth and the Environment

Development is essential to improving living standards. Growing communities need roads, homes, reliable transportation, food production, industries, businesses and other infrastructure that support economic activity. These are legitimate needs, particularly in countries working to expand opportunities, reduce poverty and improve access to essential services. However, development can become counterproductive when the activities driving economic growth...

Human Activities and Environmental Degradation: How Nature Sustains Us

The air people breathe, the water they drink and the soil that produces their food are all part of natural systems that existed long before modern human societies. Forests, rivers, wetlands and other ecosystems provide essential conditions for life, supporting biodiversity, regulating the climate and sustaining livelihoods. Yet many of the environmental pressures threatening these...
Person shielding themselves from intense sunlight during extreme heat in an urban environment

Super El Niño: Effects on Nigeria’s Weather, Health and Agriculture

The heat can become difficult to ignore. From sweating more than usual to feeling exhausted after spending time outdoors, unusually hot conditions can affect everyday activities, work and health. One climate phenomenon attracting global attention is El Niño, particularly the exceptionally strong event developing in 2026. El Niño is a natural climate phenomenon that occurs...

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Urban landscape showing the contrast between green trees and buildings in a growing city

Urban Heat Island Effect: Why Cities Need More Trees

As cities expand, trees are often removed to make room for roads, residential buildings, commercial centres and other infrastructure. Open spaces are converted into construction sites, while natural vegetation gradually gives way to concrete, asphalt and other heat-absorbing surfaces. These changes are frequently associated with urban development. However, they can also remove some of the…

Urban development with buildings and green spaces illustrating the balance between economic growth and environmental protection

Sustainable Development: Balancing Economic Growth and the Environment

Development is essential to improving living standards. Growing communities need roads, homes, reliable transportation, food production, industries, businesses and other infrastructure that support economic activity. These are legitimate needs, particularly in countries working to expand opportunities, reduce poverty and improve access to essential services. However, development can become counterproductive when the activities driving economic growth…

Human Activities and Environmental Degradation: How Nature Sustains Us

The air people breathe, the water they drink and the soil that produces their food are all part of natural systems that existed long before modern human societies. Forests, rivers, wetlands and other ecosystems provide essential conditions for life, supporting biodiversity, regulating the climate and sustaining livelihoods. Yet many of the environmental pressures threatening these…