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Activists express concern over oil industry veteran’s appointment to lead COP29

The appointment of Azerbaijan’s Ecology Minister, Mukhtar Babayev, to preside over the upcoming UN climate change conference to be held in Baku from November 11 to...

Donald Ikenna: Babayev’s appointment a challenge to COP29’s credibility

The appointment of Mukhatar Babayev, a former head of Azerbaijan's oil company SOCAR, as the COP29 President-Designate, raises several noteworthy considerations. With over 26 years...

Nnimmo Bassey: What hopes for COP29 led by an oil mogul?

For some years we have seen vested interests grabbing the COP. This started through heavy sponsorship by fossil fuels companies, and metamorphosed into taking...

Invest in climate-smart agriculture for sustainable productivity – Don tells govts

A lecturer at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Uli, Anambra State, Prof. Hyacinth Nwalieji, has urged government at all levels and stakeholders to...

Climate change: Foundation advocates grassroots-driven approach to afforestation

The Robert Azibaola Foundation has taken the campaign against deforestation and illegal logging to the grassroots in over 20 communities in Ogbia Local Government...

Ecocykle teaches 100 youths how to turn plastic waste into eco-bricks

As part of its effort to protect the environment from global plastic pollution, the Ecocykle Development Foundation (EDF) has trained 100 underprivileged young people...

COP29: Another oil chief to preside over UN climate summit

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Mukhtar Babayev, has been named as president-designate of the UNFCCC COP29 climate conference, scheduled to hold in...

Looking back at top moments for the environment in 2023

The last year has been a hard one for the planet. The Earth sweltered under record heat, nature continued its precipitous decline and pollution continued to claim millions...

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