Forest Fire (6270 ha) in Nigeria 21 Jan 2023

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1012000
Countries: Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*: 21 Jan 2023 - 08 Feb 2023
Duration (days): 18
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 6270 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Sherry calls for steps to save global ecosystems from climate change2023-02-12T07:21+0100.

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environment Senator Sherry Rehman has stated that climate change is catastrophic for all the world’s ecosystems, including humans. “What went on in Pakistan will not stay in Pakistan. It is t
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For Pakistan, climate change is primarily a water challenge: Sherry2023-02-12T03:12+0100.

In her address at the Pakistan International Maritime Expo & Conference 2023 in Karachi on Saturday, Federal Minister for Climate Change & Environment Sherry Rehman warned that climate change is catastrophic for all the world’s ecosystems,
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Proactive response needed for climate change: Sherry2023-02-12T00:14+0100.

4“What went on in Pakistan, will not stay in Pakistan” says Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environment Senator Sherry Rehman in her address at the International Maritime Conference in Karachi today. Federal Minister Sherry Rehman s
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2022 – year of extreme weather, climate events2023-01-10T17:07+0100.

The year 2022 was marked by record droughts, heatwaves, forest fires, floods and a record low level of the Antarctic sea ice. Extremes – to put it in one word, according to a report by Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation prog
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