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Global Plastic Treaty: SRADev urges African negotiators to focus on continental priorities at INC-5.2 

African negotiators at the ongoing fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in...

Vehicular emissions responsible for 70% of Lagos choking smog – LASEPA

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has revealed that vehicle emissions are responsible for approximately 70 per cent of choking smog affecting the...

Inger Andersen: Securing a treaty to beat plastic pollution

Presentation by Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the INC-5.2 Opening Plenary in Geneva, Switzerland Almost three and a...

Civil society demands a strong treaty ahead of final plastics talks in Geneva

On the day the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty started, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations from across the...

LASEPA releases latest air quality index

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency’s (LASEPA) latest Air Quality Index (AQI) shows most areas in the state are currently experiencing air quality levels...

From Geneva to Nigeria: How Global Plastic Treaty can power a reuse revolution at home

Next week, governments from around the world will gather in Geneva for what may be one of the most consequential environmental negotiations of our...

Kenyan waste pickers demand inclusion, recognition in Global Plastics Treaty

Kenya’s waste pickers are demanding recognition and inclusion in the global plastics treaty negotiations ahead of the second session of the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating...

Chevron refutes spill allegation, reiterates commitment to environmental protection

Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and CNL, has refuted allegations in the media...

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Pakistan urged to stop production, trade of mercury-added whitening creams

Ahead of the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2026, and the World Consumer Rights Day on the 15th,...
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OPEC+ to raise oil output in April

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on Sunday, March...

Coalition warns nuclear contamination, rising seas threaten Pacific catastrophe

Representatives from every inhabited continent joined forces on Friday, February 27, 2026, in an unprecedented show of solidarity over...

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Pakistan urged to stop production, trade of mercury-added whitening creams

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OPEC+ to raise oil output in April

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