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Monthly Archives: December, 2017

African ministers launch energy entrepreneurship framework for women

African women attending the ongoing 3rd UN environment assembly (UNEA-3) had cause to erupt in rapturous applause as the long-awaited energy entrepreneurship framework for...

Eight energy majors pledge to curb methane emissions

Some of the biggest players in the oil and gas industry have launched an initiative to reduce methane emissions from natural gas, a major...

Africa urged on workable solutions to governance challenges

To achieve structural transformation on the continent, Africa must look for homegrown solutions and learn from its own experience, participants at the 12th African Economic...

Civil society asks EU to end mercury use in dentistry by 2022

A call to phase out mercury use in dentistry by 2022 in the European Union has been made by health and environmental non-governmental organisations...

Nigeria aligns with global efforts to curb pollution

Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, has declared that Nigeria is unassailably dedicated to resourceful deliberations and amicable resolutions on globally acceptable framework...

Beating pollution tops agenda as UNEA-3 begins

Over 4,000 stakeholders on Monday, November 4, 2017 converged on the green terrains of the UN office in Nairobi, Kenya to witness the opening...

World converges on Nairobi to tackle pollution menace

Over 4,000 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials and civil society representatives gathered on Monday, December 4, 2017 at the third UN...

Seek proper accreditation before importing GMOs, biosafety agency warns traders

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has urged genetically-modified (GM) seeds and grains dealers to follow the due process. Director General/CEO of the NBMA, Dr....

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Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high

Measures to tackle methane emissions are often very cost-effective and could have brought an extra 100 billion cubic metres...
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US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters,...

African govts urged to reverse privatisations in water, electricity, waste sectors

African governments, especially those of Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda, have been told to immediately reverse all existing privatisations in...

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Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high

Measures to tackle methane emissions are often very cost-effective...

US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will...
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