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Conservation

Experiencing wildebeest migration at Masai Mara unforgettable – Rincuni

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

World Gorilla Day: Precarious existence of critically endangered gorillas

Have you ever wondered what it's like to stand...

YASIF, others seek community-led approach to waste management

In this article, Etta Michael Bisong, who participated in...

Gender

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

SERAP wants Niger Delta rights to healthy environment upheld

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

Science & Tech

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...

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...

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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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News

Land Degradation

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

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

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

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

Climate expert advises against indiscriminate felling of trees

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

Borno plants 1.2m trees to control desertification

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

Pollution

Ghana and air pollution: a ticking time bomb

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

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

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

Reps to ensure uniform meter for accurate penalty for gas flaring

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

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

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

Renewable Energy

Natural gas set to ignite African economies

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

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

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

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

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

We’ll explore new partnerships for investment in renewable energy – REAN

The Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) on Monday,...

Waste Management

Sensitisation: Group preaches environmental sustainability, waste management

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

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

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

Female engineers seek takeover of Lagos Olusosun dumpsite

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

Abia adopts PPP for sustainable waste management

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

Sustainable Development

At ICCM5, delegates commence negotiation of new SAICM text

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

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

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

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

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

SDG Summit launches new phase of accelerated action on SDGs

Gathering at the SDG Summit from September 18 to...

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Shelter Afrique, DRC sign MoU to scale-up affordable housing projects

Pan-African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique, has signed a...

Dangiwa succeeds Fashola as chairman of Shelter Afrique AGM Bureau

Nigeria’s newly appointed Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed...

Shelter Afrique roots for climate-resilient affordable housing at Africa Climate Summit

Nairobi-based pan African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique, has...

Water & Sanitation

Water & Sanitation

WaterAid, Kimberly Clark’s facility to improve sanitation, hygiene in Ikorodu North

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WaterAid Nigeria in partnership with Kimberly Clark Corporation has commissioned the rehabilitation of modern and conducive toilet facility domiciled inside the premises of Army...

CSOs seek inclusion in $700m World Bank water, sanitation programme

WaterAid, PepsiCo provide water, female-friendly toilets in Lagos schools

Marine

Marine

World Rivers Day: River Basin Authority cleans Kwara river, plants trees

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Lower Niger River Basin Authority (LNRBA) on Monday, September 25, 2023, harped on protection of rivers in Nigeria, as it took tree planting campaign...

Plastic pollution: Lagos recyclers seek protection of marine ecosystem

Association lauds new Blue Economy ministry, seeks harnessing of potential

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