Tag:United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Conservation

UN bodies reiterate need to protect forests

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, reiterated the need to protect forests to...

Michael Simire - March 21, 2023

Science & Tech

Expert panel finds questions on solar radiation modification, no quick answers to climate crisis

Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) – a speculative group of technologies to cool the Earth is being explored as climate action lags – requires far...

Michael Simire - March 2, 2023

Human Welfare

UNEP renews call for release of environmental conservationists imprisoned in Iran

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has renewed its appeal for the release of Niloufar Bayani and eight other environmental conversationists imprisoned in Iran. Bayani...

Michael Simire - February 13, 2023

Pollution

World Environment Day 2023 to focus on solutions to plastic pollution

Côte d’Ivoire will host World Environment Day 2023 on June 5 with the theme of solutions to plastic pollution, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Côte d’Ivoire...

Michael Simire - February 5, 2023

Sustainable Devpt

Doubling investments in nature key to planetary health – UNEP

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said doubling investments in nature protection could provide a long-term cure to a host of crises facing the planet including...

Michael Simire - December 1, 2022

Climate Change

Sustainable food cold chains reduce waste, fight climate change – UN report

Two UN agencies say greater investment in sustainable food cold chains is needed to reduce hunger, provide livelihoods to communities, and adapt to climate...

Michael Simire - November 13, 2022

Health

Biosecurity threats cost Africa over $420bn, says UNEP

Deputy Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dr Richard Munang, has said that biosecurity threats cost Africa over $420 billion. Munang disclosed...

Michael Simire - November 3, 2022

Climate Change

Gap Report: World grossly off-track in addressing scale of climate crisis

Coming short on the heels of the UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report published on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, which showed that current pledges collectively put the world...

Michael Simire - October 27, 2022

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Disaster Risk ManagementMarch 28, 2023

Implement recommendations to check flooding, engineers tell govt, states

The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, appealed to the Federal Government to implement...

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Climate ChangeMarch 28, 2023

Nigeria can build climate-resilient economy – AfDB report

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Nigeria can build a climate-resilient economy by adopting climate-smart agricultural practices. The bank said this...

ConservationMarch 28, 2023