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Monthly Archives: June, 2017

Sweden legislates for carbon neutrality by 2045

Sweden last week passed a legislation which legally binds the country to reach net-zero emissions by the year 2045, five years earlier than previously...

How world can prevent 1.4m yearly environment-related deaths in Europe, Central Asia

As some 1.4 million people in Europe and Central Asia die prematurely each year from polluted environments, United Nations agency heads at high-level meeting...

World Blood Donor Day: Nations urged to strengthen advocacy for blood donations

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, on the occasion of the World Blood Donor Day, says that this year’s theme...

World Day to Combat Desertification: As Nigeria joins campaign

Have you heard the word “Desertification” before? Are you aware of the devastating impacts it could have? Does it make any sense to have...

World Day to Combat Desertification: Conserving healthy soils for resilient drylands

On World Day to Combat Desertification observed globally on Saturday, June 17, 2017 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) explores how conserving soil biodiversity...

World Day to Combat Desertification: Africa acts on distressed migration of youth

A high-level symposium of Africa’s interior, environment and foreign affairs ministers held recently in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, warned that ignoring the plight of jobless...

Radio Report: Experiencing the Apapa gridlock in Lagos

Gridlock, caused by the invasion by petrol tankers and trucks of the Apapa Road and other link roads, which are in a state of...

France is 58th Party to Minamata Convention

The Government of France on Thursday, June 15, 2017, deposited its instrument of ratification, thereby becoming the 58th future Party to the Minamata Convention. This...

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NCDMB charges operators on compliance and new policies, builds capacity in health sector

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has enjoined operators in the midstream segment of the oil and...
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Pakistan urged to stop production, trade of mercury-added whitening creams

Ahead of the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2026, and the World Consumer Rights Day on the 15th,...

OPEC+ to raise oil output in April

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on Sunday, March...

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NCDMB charges operators on compliance and new policies, builds capacity in health sector

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has...

Pakistan urged to stop production, trade of mercury-added whitening creams

Ahead of the International Women’s Day on March 8,...
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