The AfricaNews articles of Yange Ikyaa

  1. OIL SPILL AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF O

    26-11-2010 02:24 door Yange Ikyaa
    - OIL SPILL AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO On 20th April, 2004, an accidental explosion sunk the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, belonging to oil giant, British Petroleum (BP). The massive oil leak resulting from this disaster continued to defile various technological attempts which were made in order to control and contain it. Among the attempted techniques in an effort to undo this environmental harm were the erection of oil containment booms and the construction of oil protective barriers. Oil dispersants were also sprinkled over polluted sections of the ocean, using jet-mounted spray systems, just as simultaneous undertakings of controlled oil burns…

  2. POLICY ISSUES IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

    26-11-2010 01:07 door Yange Ikyaa
    - POLICY ISSUES IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE “By the year 2050, our planet may be the home of about 9.1 billion people, and we will need to grow 70% more food. Yet weather, on which food production depends, is becoming more extreme and much more unpredictable”. These were the words of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon at a United Nations conference in Rome aimed at stabilizing world food prices. The UN scribe made these comments while calling for a “single global vision” from world leaders to address the problems of world hunger and pollution. Of course, these problems are real and have had their negative impacts, especially on the p…

  3. THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

    26-11-2010 00:27 door Yange Ikyaa
    - THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE “No crisis in history has clearly demonstrated the interdependence of nations as the environmental crisis”. This statement was made in the year 2000 by Kofi Annan, then United Nations Secretary General. It was contained in his most resounding preface to an annual report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In his usually most explicit fashion, he further established that the pressures wielded by forces of economic globalization and technological change are transforming the global environment as never before. Statements such as Annan’s have been common in international media since scientists first realized the…

  4. IS AKUNYILI REBRANDING OR REBAGGING NIGERIA?

    21-12-2009 16:49 door Yange Ikyaa
    - IS AKUNYILI REBRANDING OR REBAGGING NIGERIA? Early this year, serious budgeting for fireworks began the world over in anticipation for the celebration of a brand new Nigeria. This followed a sudden announcement by Prof. Dora Akunyili, Nigeria's Minister of Information and Communications that Nigeria was going to become a new country. Nigeria's born-again status, she said, was not going to come through the baptism of John or of Jesus Christ, but by the grace of rebranding. However, before any meaningful discussions on rebranding take effect, there must first be a brand. And as brands are known for their values, so also are nations. For instance, when the name Nigeria sounds,…