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Waste Management

Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment – WHO

Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the...
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Waste Management

Rainfall, poor waste management and growing pandemic

As the rain comes, floods take over our popular city centres and roads; garbage and other forms of waste dominate the surfaces of these...
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Waste Management

Poor waste management practice: Catalyst to COVID-19 spread

In Nigeria, wastes are dumped in open pits; flowing gully water, drainage channels and poorly managed landfills, which have become very rigorous to maintain,...
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34 Brazilian cities, regions to accelerate climate action projects through Mutirão Programme

C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) have announced the first 34 cities...
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Climate Change

IPCC opens 64th plenary session in Bangkok

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began its Sixty‑fourth Plenary Session at the United Nations Economic and Social...
Health

EU announces €288m grant to Nigeria’s healthcare sector, others

The European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS has announced the roll-out support of €288 million to Nigeria’s...

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Climate Change

34 Brazilian cities, regions to accelerate climate action projects through Mutirão Programme

C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors for...
Climate Change

IPCC opens 64th plenary session in Bangkok

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began its...