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Nigerian Microbiologist Bridget Ugochi Anyanwueze develops improved laboratory method to advance antimicrobial drug discovery and research
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Nigerian Microbiologist Bridget Ugochi Anyanwueze develops improved laboratory method to advance antimicrobial drug discovery and research

Among these efforts is the research of microbiologist Bridget Ugochi Anyanwueze, whose work examines how antibiotic inhibition zones develop over time and how these measurements could contribute to future antimicrobial investigations. Her sole-authored research paper, “An Improved in vitro Method for Quantifying the Kinetics of Bacterial Inhibition-Zone Development,” was published on June 27, 2026, in the IPS Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, with link to article The study was conducted within her broader research interests in microbiology and antimicrobial activity, with her…

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Climate must remain priority, says António Guterres at last Cop as UN chief
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Climate must remain priority, says António Guterres at last Cop as UN chief

Secretary general says climate action ‘central to every aspect’ of UN’s work, as leaders depart Cop31 and talks go on Tackling the climate crisis is central to all of human life and must be at the forefront of global governance, the outgoing UN secretary general has said in an emotional farewell address at the Cop31 climate summit. “You cannot build peace on a burning planet,” António Guterres said at his final climate press conference as secretary general on Friday.

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Tana River floods cut off Kono Ramadha-Mlanjo road
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Tana River floods cut off Kono Ramadha-Mlanjo road

NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 13 – Flooding in parts of Tana River County has disrupted transport after a seasonal river at Wardesa burst its banks, cutting off the Kono Ramadha-Mlanjo road. The Kenya Red Cross says more than 300 households in Eldera, Kono Ramadha and Mata Wardesa have been affected by the flooding triggered by heavy rainfall.

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COP31 Deal Wish List Includes Fossil Fuel Transition
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COP31 Deal Wish List Includes Fossil Fuel Transition

COP31 leaders released on Friday a wish list of priorities from countries to potentially include in a final decision at the UN climate talks, including the contentious transition away from fossil fuels. “There’s all kinds of signals being sent here about what could be in the cover decision,” Alden Meyer, an expert at the climate think tank E3G, told AFP.

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African CSOs rally behind AGN Chair as Africa pushes climate finance priorities at COP31
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African CSOs rally behind AGN Chair as Africa pushes climate finance priorities at COP31

African civil society organisations (CSOs) have commended the leadership of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) for advancing the continent’s priorities at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye. Nana Amoah urged African civil society organisations to intensify their advocacy around the key issues before negotiators, particularly climate finance, adaptation, trade-related barriers to development and a just transition that reflects Africa’s unique circumstances.

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Cop31 live: Climate crisis negotiations heat up on fifth day of talks
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Cop31 live: Climate crisis negotiations heat up on fifth day of talks

Debate over climate science, transition away from fossil fuels, electrification and climate finance can begin in earnest as world leaders leave UN summit Far away from the conference centre, Norway’s supreme court has declared the state’s decision to award three permits for oil and gasfields in the North Sea invalid, as it had not accounted for the harm caused by burning the fuels. It comes two days after the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Stør, told fellow leaders at Cop31 that “Norway will do its part” in a speech that did not mention the country’s ongoing expansion of oil and gas…

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A new song gives Cop31 Eurovision vibes – but how should we score progress so far?
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A new song gives Cop31 Eurovision vibes – but how should we score progress so far?

In this week’s newsletter: The climate summit has a new floor-filler to ‘bring down the heat’, but it may struggle to get countries to sing a different environmental tune • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? ‘The world we know is over’ without urgent climate action, leaders tell Cop31 Oil slicks seen from space: the devastating impact of boat strikes on fragile Gulf ecosystems Bird flu has caused catastrophic die-offs – could a wave of extinctions follow?

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World is now in ‘age of electricity’, energy agency chief says at Cop31
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World is now in ‘age of electricity’, energy agency chief says at Cop31

Exclusive: Fossil fuels no longer dominant energy source, IEA leader says, as summit considers electrification pledge The world has left behind the age of coal, oil and gas and is now firmly in “the age of electricity”, the world’s leading energy economist has said. Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said more than twice as much electricity generation would be added to the global economy in the next decade than in the last, as countries scramble to secure their energy supplies against fossil fuel price volatility and supply shocks, such as the Iran wa

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‘I spend less, that’s all that matters’: life in the world’s most electrified countries
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‘I spend less, that’s all that matters’: life in the world’s most electrified countries

Owning an electric car, driving an electric motorbike taxi, riding scooters – we speak to people in Oslo, Kigali and Shanghai about their everyday routines The race to electrification has emerged as a key theme of this year’s UN climate summit: increasing the use of electricity – particularly from clean sources – has the potential to improve daily life for people around the world. As 100,000 delegates, negotiators and world leaders thrash out the details in Antalya, Turkey, the Guardian spoke to three people in Norway, Rwanda and China to find out what life looks like in more highly…

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We need to rethink climate action away from the Cop talks
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We need to rethink climate action away from the Cop talks

Readers respond to an article by Fiona Harvey in which she questioned whether progress is being made 10 years on from the Paris treaty As world leaders gathered in Turkey for the UN climate talks, Fiona Harvey was right to ask, “What’s the point?” I was at last year’s climate summit in Brazil, where it was obvious that the Cop process itself is a big part of the problem.

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UK ministers have no plans to publish explosive report on climate crisis
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UK ministers have no plans to publish explosive report on climate crisis

Andy Burnham’s newly appointed climate adviser used report to warn of national security risk from collapsing ecosystems The UK government still has no plans to publish an explosive report showing the national security risk from the collapse of ecosystems around the world – even after handing the key official behind the report a new advisory role. Andy Burnham addressed the Cop31 climate summit in Turkey on Thursday and said the UK was determined to reach net zero by 2050 and work with its partners to build a clean energy future.

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