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Proposal to phase out dental amalgam on agenda as Minamata Convention COP-6 seeks to strengthen global action on mercury pollution

More than 1,000 participants from governments, intergovernmental organisations, UN bodies, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and youth are gathered for the sixth meeting of the...

Report reveals chronic oil pollution, escalating environmental threats from Brazil’s offshore oil and gas expansion

Just before COP30 begins in Brazil next week, a new report was released by SkyTruth, a nonprofit conservation technology organisation, that reveals the mounting...

UN meeting to review global progress on desertification, land degradation, drought

Representatives of 196 countries and the European Union will meet in Panama from December 1 to 5, 2025, to review their efforts against desertification,...

Shettima departs Abuja for 30th UN Climate Change Summit in Brazil

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Brazil to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 30th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Mr....

Lagos to showcase climate solutions at COP30 in Brazil

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, disclosed that it would present pioneering climate solutions at the 2025 United Nations Climate Change...

Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Rabat, Cartagena to receive funding boost for new climate projects

Four new cities have been chosen to receive support from the C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF) to turn their ambitious climate plans into tangible,...

Group calls on leaders to act at COP30 as UN report warns of climate failure

A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns that global climate pledges are still far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving...

New climate pledges only slightly lower dangerous global warming projections – UNEP

A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment of available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement finds that the predicted global temperature rise over the...

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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...
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After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

Coalition commits to advancing climate justice in Nigeria

Nigeria Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA), a coalition of civil society organisations, community groups, youth movements, researchers, and media actors,...

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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake,...
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