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Big Polluters use ‘net zero’, carbon markets to hide climate inaction – Report

A report has unpacked the science behind “net zero” claims and how they are used to obscure climate inaction. It explores the new strategies...

Environmentalists, residents lament indiscriminate gas burning, leaks from Agip’s facility in Bayelsa

Environmentalists and residents on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 raised concerns over the dangers faced by residents near the Ogboinbiri Oilfield operated by Nigeria Agip...

Kenya still at risk despite UN plastics nod – Greenpeace

In the lead up to the UN summit being held in Nairobi, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named Kenya as an emerging leader in...

Red Cross intensifies Ebola response amidst fears of regional spread

Red Cross teams in Guinea and across West Africa are ramping up response efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak. Red Cross volunteers and staff...

Forum explores implications of polluters’ judgment for environmental justice

Over the last six decades the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been immersed in extensive environmental pollution from the activities of oil and...

ERA crisis: Bassey, others to face contempt of court

The leadership crisis currently rocking the Benin City-based civil society organisation (CSO), Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), appears to have taken...

UNDP-GEF programme, SRADev to produce fertiliser, biogas from piggery waste

A pilot waste-to-resource project that will convert pig waste to organic fertiliser and biogas is set to kick off at the Oke-Aro Pig Farm...

UNEA-5 opens with adoption of three decisions

The permanent representatives to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) reached agreement on three decisions regarding the future of UNEP’s work on Wednesday, February 17,...

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G7 urged to tax fossil fuel windfall profits amid surging oil prices

G7 countries were on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, urged to enact a windfall tax or tax on the excess...
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South Africa: Budget 2026 fails to fast-track just transition, tackle inequality – Group

In a period of economic uncertainty and escalating climate impacts, The Green Connection is of the opinion that South Africa's Budget 2026 misses...

100 European businesses urge EU leaders to back carbon market

More than 100 companies have called on leaders of the European Union (EU) to reaffirm support for the bloc’s...

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G7 urged to tax fossil fuel windfall profits amid surging oil prices

G7 countries were on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, urged...

South Africa: Budget 2026 fails to fast-track just transition, tackle inequality – Group

In a period of economic uncertainty and escalating climate...
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