Monthly Archives: January, 2019

Health

Top EU Court upholds regulations on flavoured tobacco

An EU regulation that phases out the sale of flavoured “roll your own’’ tobacco is valid, the Top EU Court said on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The...

admin - January 30, 2019

Climate Change

Ethiopia moves to actualise climate adaptation plan

The government of Ethiopia on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 hosted its first National Adaptation Plan (NAP) assembly, bringing together key government actors and development partners in...

admin - January 30, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Stakeholders flay privatisation, seek workable water supply scheme

Over 150 participants from across the globe that converged on Abuja for a two-day National Summit on the Human Right to Water have carpeted the World...

admin - January 29, 2019

Cover

Reactions trail Germany’s 2038 coal phase-out plan

The Federal Government in Germany has announced plans to phase out coal by 2038. The Commission on Growth, Employment and Structural Change released a 20-year report which has...

admin - January 29, 2019

Waste Management

Bali to impose ‘tourist tax’ for plastic pollution

The city of Bali in Indonesia has announced plans to implement a tourist tax which targets plastic pollution. The Jakarta Post has reported that Bali has drafted...

admin - January 29, 2019

Land Degradation

How to curtail cattle urine’s planet-warming power, by study

When cow urine falls on degraded land, it releases far more nitrous oxide – a potent greenhouse gas – than when absorbed by healthy pasture. The...

admin - January 29, 2019

Waste Management

Adidas to produce 11m pairs of shoes made from recycled plastic in 2019

Sportswear manufacturer, Adidas AG, has announced its commitment to make 11 million pairs of shoes made from recycled plastic in 2019. In 2018, Adidas produced five million...

admin - January 29, 2019

Human Welfare

Lake Chad: Dambazau solicits stakeholders’ support on humanitarian crisis

Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 solicited support of international donors and other stakeholders in alleviating humanitarian crisis...

admin - January 29, 2019

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