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Answering 10 pressing questions about plastic pollution

The world generated an estimated 400 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2024. This torrent of water and shampoo bottles, dispensing containers, polyester shirts, PVC piping...

$4trn funding gap threatens SDGs – UN

Top United Nations (UN) officials on Monday, April 28, 2025, in New York called for urgent action to rescue the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals...

COP30: Africa champions new approach to measuring green wealth, incentivising climate action

African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent's green wealth, emphasising that current gross domestic product measures in most African...

World leaders rally for ‘full speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together...

Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England, it's difficult to deny global warming is creating a spiralling climate crisis.  Now, a new study squarely points...

Tinubu urges world leaders to address global climate crisis

President Bola Tinubu has urged world leaders to demonstrate unity, courage, and sustained commitment in addressing the worsening global climate crisis. Speaking on Wednesday, April...

COP30: Guterres urges leaders to deliver roadmap to mobilise $1.3tr yearly for poor nations by 2035

Remarks of the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, to journalists following Leaders Session on Climate and the Just Transition, convened on Wednesday, April 23, 2025,...

UN urges countries to create new national climate action plan

The United Nations (UN) has called on all nations to develop new national climate action plans aimed at limiting global temperature rise to 1.5...

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Breathing in micro plastics can cause inflammation, damage lungs, study warns

New research has showed that breathing in micro plastics can cause inflammation and damage to the lungs. This potentially increases...
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Pollution: Groups unveil Nigeria Plastic Brand Audit Report

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and the Break Free From Plastic Movement (BFFP) on Tuesday launched the...

ACReSAL supports 2,000 Gombe farmers with climate-resilient seeds

No fewer than 2071 farmers in Gombe State have benefited from the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project in...

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