Monthly Archives: June, 2018

Environmentalists call for action against plastic pollution

Some environmentalists have called for action against plastic pollution ahead of the commemoration of the 2018 United Nations (UN) World Environmental Day (WED) on...

World Environment Day: In the belly of the plastic whale

 In commemoration of the World Environment Day and the World Oceans Day 2018, Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), describes the...

Nigeria to formulate plastic waste management policy

The Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, says the Federal Government is working on a national policy on plastic waste management to...

UNEP names 14-yr-old Aidan Gallagher Goodwill Ambassador

The UN Environment (UNEP) on Sunday, June 3, 2018 designated actor and singer, Aidan Gallagher, as a Goodwill Ambassador for North America at the...

UN urges governments to mobilise citizens to beat plastic pollution

Executive Director, UN Environment (UNEP), Eric Solheim, has urged governments to mobilise citizens to beat plastic pollution by avoiding, replacing, and recycling plastic products. Solheim...

International Day for the Fight against Unregulated Fishing: $23b lost yearly to unfettered fishing

As the world observes the World Environment Day on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, the UN is also beaming the touch same day on illegal...

Concern over states’ delay in keying into completed dam projects

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has expressed concern over the delay by state governments in keying into completed dam projects by...

WHO urges political commitment to win fight against diseases

A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Independent High-Level Commission on Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has called for urgent action by political...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...