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AfDB grants Ethiopia $830,000 to improve climate resilience for communities, ecosystems

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an $830,000 technical assistance grant agreement for Ethiopia. The funds will help mainstream climate risk management, gender...

National policy imminent as Clean Cooking Committee is inaugurated

The Federal Ministry of Environment on Friday, May 27, 2022, inaugurated the National Clean Cooking Committee under the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change. The...

Endemic corruption has blinded adherence to professionalism – Shonubi, NIQS president

President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Olayemi Shonubi, at the Quarterly Interactive Forum of the Property And Environment Writers’ Association of...

Lagos urged to support just energy transition, endorse fossil fuel treaty

A Lagos-based group of civil society advocates and environmental activists, HEDA Resource Centre, has called on the Lagos State Government to support a just...

Video: Mercury, silent killer that contributes to biodiversity loss – Stankiewicz

In the spirit of International Day for Biological Diversity 2022 that was observed on Sunday, May 22, the Minamata Convention on Mercury has drawn...

CSOs want divesting oil firms to remediate polluted sites before leaving

Civil society organisations (CSOs) that converged on Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday, May 27, 2022, have warned that the current model...

Group urges govt to make menstrual hygiene a human right

As Nigeria marks the Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022, the Bread of Life Development Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Ota, Ogun State, has...

Association promises improved PSP services in waste management

The Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAMN) has assured that private sector participants (PSP) operators in Lagos State will deliver prompt services in...

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INC-5.2: Fossil fuel, petrochemical lobbyists overrun plastics treaty negotiations

At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists - a new high compared to the 221 identified by...
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Lagos defends styrofoam ban, says for public health not politics

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its stance on the ban of single-use styrofoam, describing the decision as one...

Govt asked to raise tobacco tax to 100% to save lives, healthcare costs

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately increase the excise...

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INC-5.2: Fossil fuel, petrochemical lobbyists overrun plastics treaty negotiations

At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists...

Lagos defends styrofoam ban, says for public health not politics

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its stance on...
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