Monthly Archives: August, 2020

OPS begins $100m donation to water, sanitation interventions

The Organised Private Sector on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (OPS-WASH) has started contributing toward donating $100 million for water and sanitation interventions in the...

Floods in northern Afghanistan leave more than 100 dead

Flash floods have killed more than 100 people in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 with the death toll expected to...

Govts begin negotiating 2022 Political Declaration on Environment

Governments have begun negotiating a political declaration on the environment to be adopted in 2022. The year will mark the 50th anniversary of the...

Cameroonian, Brazilian, Canadian win biodiversity prize

A Canadian academic, Brazilian youth campaigner and Cameroonian environmentalist have been named winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2020. The AEON Environmental Foundation and...

WaterAid, Heineken launch N284m COVID-19 response hygiene scheme

Abuja-based WaterAid Nigeria has disclosed that Heineken Africa Foundation is supporting its Covid-19 emergency response work with a N284 million (€622,000) donation, which will help...

Forum explores private sector role in leveraging opportunities for food security

To achieve food security for the growing city population, integration between stakeholders in the government and private sectors needs to be enhanced through a...

Least Developed Countries demand scaled-up climate action amid pandemic-induced disruption

The Conference of Parties (COP) Bureau of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has decided that there could be an additional...

Polio-Free Nigeria: Gates, Dangote, others hail achievement

Billionaire philanthropists Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote have hailed the declaration of Nigeria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being polio-free. The global health...

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Nnimmo Bassey: Straight from the Strait of Hormuz

No matter the reason for warfare the environment and the innocent end up bearing the brunt of the inevitable...
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UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste observed on Monday, March 30, 2026, 20 cities worldwide were named the inaugural 20...

Tax windfall profits, campaigners urge action on fossil fuel giants profiting from war

In response to G7 Energy and Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ communiqué issued on Monday, March 30, 2026,...

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Nnimmo Bassey: Straight from the Strait of Hormuz

No matter the reason for warfare the environment and...

UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste observed on Monday,...