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October 1, 2023

NCF, Stanbic IBTC Bank partner to plant 30,000 trees

October 1, 2023

Olumide Idowu: Role of Nigerian youth in energy transition

October 1, 2023

Customs intercepts 105 wild birds worth N24m in Badagry

October 1, 2023

Nature Action 100 announces investor engagement process to catalyse greater action on nature loss

October 1, 2023

WaterAid tasks Lagos councils on open-defecation-free 2025 target

September 29, 2023

Stopping war, stepping up climate action, top UNGA78 debate

September 29, 2023

NiMet predicts three-day sunshine, thunderstorm from Friday

September 29, 2023

A race against time: Impending consequences of delayed tobacco control funding

September 29, 2023

Groups want Coca Cola, others held accountable for plastic pollution

September 29, 2023

Nigeria and challenges of Housing and Urban Development Policy implementation

Conservation

October 1, 2023

Customs intercepts 105 wild birds worth N24m in Badagry

The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service...

October 1, 2023

Nature Action 100 announces investor engagement process to catalyse greater action on nature loss

The investors participating in Nature Action 100 have kicked...

September 25, 2023

Experiencing wildebeest migration at Masai Mara unforgettable – Rincuni

Kenyan Clara Rincuni, the new Digital Communications Manager at...

Gender

September 7, 2023

The world is failing girls and women, says UN report

Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year's edition of the UN Women and...

August 27, 2023

Climate change: Group lauds WISE for building an army of women green entrepreneurs

The Asteven Group has commended the Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE), an NGO, for building an army of...

August 24, 2023

Commonwealth women’s affairs ministers endorse roadmap to fast-track gender equality

Women’s affairs ministers from Commonwealth countries on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, committed to a roadmap designed to scale up...

Human Welfare

September 28, 2023

Reactions as Vietnam jails leading climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong for tax evasion

A leading Vietnamese climate activist has been jailed for...

September 22, 2023

South Africa: Eastern Cape communities demand people-centred solutions to improve their lives

On Thursday, September 21, 2023, approximately 250 people from...

September 20, 2023

SERAP wants Niger Delta rights to healthy environment upheld

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged...

Science & Tech

September 17, 2023

Planetary resilience: Six of nine boundaries have been crossed

For the first time, an international team of scientists is able to provide a detailed outline of planetary resilience...

August 20, 2023

Subsidy removal, PIA, EVs preparing environment for green cars – NACETEM official

National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) official, Dr Abubakar Kazeem, says emergence of electric vehicles (EVs), government efforts at...

August 3, 2023

Guterres creates Scientific Advisory Board to advise on breakthroughs in science, technology

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday, August 3, 2023, announced the creation of a new Scientific Advisory...

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Groups want Coca Cola, others held accountable for plastic pollution

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has...

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Stopping war, stepping up climate action, top UNGA78 debate

September 29, 2023

NiMet predicts three-day sunshine, thunderstorm from Friday

September 29, 2023

Guterres calls for support to counter climate change in Pakistan

September 28, 2023

Agric & Biotech

ICCM5: Groups urge ambitious action to phase out world’s most dangerous pesticides

Michael Simire - September 27, 2023

World Coconut Day: Research institute x-rays strategies for sustainable coconut production

Michael Simire - September 22, 2023

Biosafety agency reviews guidelines to conform with international treaties

Michael Simire - September 14, 2023

Joyce Brown: The failure of GMOs

Michael Simire - September 5, 2023

World Coconut Day: Association advocates planting 10,000 hectares of coconuts in states

Michael Simire - September 3, 2023

Africa needs technologies to improve agricultural productivity – Jonathan

Michael Simire - August 31, 2023

Health

A race against time: Impending consequences of delayed tobacco control funding

Public health experts have consistently warned that the dearth in funding for enforcement of...

Michael Simire - September 29, 2023

African leaders warn of deadly malaria emergency, seek to address funding shortfall

African Union Heads of State and Government, global health leaders and development partners on...

Michael Simire - September 22, 2023

World leaders commit to new targets to end TB

World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis have approved...

Michael Simire - September 22, 2023

WHO welcomes world leaders’ ‘historic’ commitment to better respond to future pandemics

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed the “historic” commitment shown on Wednesday, September...

Michael Simire - September 20, 2023

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Business

GOCOP gears up for luncheon with media managers, advertisers, others on Oct 4

As part of the build up to the 7th...

Land Degradation

Deforestation: Firewood sellers hail Adamawa over ban on felling of trees

Firewood and Charcoal Sellers’ Association (ASFCSA), Adamawa chapter, has...

September 25, 2023

Massive gully erosion ravages Delta community, A’Ibom urges residents to vacate threatened locations

Residents of the Ogbeozoma New Layout in Okpanam Community,...

September 15, 2023

Climate expert advises against indiscriminate felling of trees

The Executive Director, Gender and Environmental Risk Reduction Initiative...

September 6, 2023

Borno plants 1.2m trees to control desertification

The Borno State Government has begun planting of 1.2...

September 4, 2023

Pollution

Ghana and air pollution: a ticking time bomb

Air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor in...

September 19, 2023

WCD: Coca-cola, FABE foundation partner to curb plastic, environmental pollution

The Coca-Cola Foundation and the Foundation for a Better...

September 17, 2023

Reps to ensure uniform meter for accurate penalty for gas flaring

The Nigerian House of Representatives is working on plans...

September 6, 2023

Japan discharging treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plan – IAEA confirms

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that...

August 27, 2023

Renewable Energy

Olumide Idowu: Role of Nigerian youth in energy transition

The role of young people in Nigeria in the...

October 1, 2023

Natural gas set to ignite African economies

Ongoing discoveries confirm a growing energy opportunity for the...

September 24, 2023

Rural Electrification Agency engages NERC on better regulation for mini-grids

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is eyeing more investment...

September 24, 2023

UNN don proposes gasification technology as panacea to Nigeria’s energy challenge

Against the backdrop of the frequent collapse of the...

September 24, 2023

Waste Management

Sensitisation: Group preaches environmental sustainability, waste management

A youth-led environmental organisation, Green Globe Initiative, on Friday,...

September 15, 2023

Stakeholders partner on Lagos waste forum, pave way to sustainable circular economy

The Statewide Waste and Environmental Education Project (SWEEP) Foundation...

September 15, 2023

Female engineers seek takeover of Lagos Olusosun dumpsite

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN)...

September 7, 2023

Abia adopts PPP for sustainable waste management

The Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Alex Otti on...

August 27, 2023

Sustainable Development

NCF, Stanbic IBTC Bank partner to plant 30,000 trees

The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) has partnered with the...

October 1, 2023

At ICCM5, delegates commence negotiation of new SAICM text

Delegates toiled on the first day to provide recommendations...

September 24, 2023

Ahead of ICCM5, SRADev highlights details of incoming chemicals management’s instrument

The new text of the Strategic Approach to International...

September 19, 2023

UNGA 78: Orelope-Adefulire, EU, UN, others highlight efforts to accelerate SDGs progress

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable...

September 19, 2023

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