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Costa Rica celebrated for including coastal wetlands in its Nationally Determined Contribution

The Pew Charitable Trusts on Friday, November 21, 2025, praised the government of Costa Rica for continuing its global leadership in environmental stewardship by...

GCF, CABEI, EU commit $800m to finance Costa Rica’s electric train

The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), and the European Union, through its Global Gateway strategy, have come...

Five countries taking action to reach net-zero targets

To date, over 90 countries, including Nigeria, have set net-zero emissions targets, committing to help prevent the most harmful impacts from climate change. But questions remain around...

How Costa Rica doubled forests size without competing with productive activities – Rodriguez

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) Friend of the Month for December 2022 is Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the world’s...

Seven Costa Rican municipalities end fossil fuel exploitation

The Costa Rican municipalities of Siquirres, Tilarán, Buenos Aires, Turrialba, Curridabat, Santa Ana and Montes de Oca have declared their support for a fossil...

Costa Rican president says biodiversity conservation promotes economy

Preserving biodiversity would not only ease climate crises but become “a win for people and our economies,” President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada,...

World Desertification Day: Restore land to help deal with global crises, leaders urge

World leaders are rallying support for a coordinated and coherent approach to reverse the loss of healthy land in light of the role it...

Costa Rica rallies world leaders on land restoration

As host of the 2021 Desertification and Drought Day, Costa Rica will bring together world leaders and leading environmental figures on June 17 to...

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Environment stakeholders seek sustainable waste management in Lagos

Environment stakeholders have called for stronger collaboration, policy enforcement and public participation to improve waste management in Lagos State. The...
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Customs officers’ wives induct 250 students to promote environmental responsibility in Ogun

The Customs Officers Wives Association (COWA) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, inducted 250 students as Green Ambassadors, to promote...

How AI can make Nigeria’s solar mini-grids smarter, by expert

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) research expert, Prof. Charles Adetunji, says AI can make Nigeria’s decentralised solar mini-grids smarter, cheaper,...

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Environment stakeholders seek sustainable waste management in Lagos

Environment stakeholders have called for stronger collaboration, policy enforcement...

Customs officers’ wives induct 250 students to promote environmental responsibility in Ogun

The Customs Officers Wives Association (COWA) on Wednesday, March...