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Filipino environmentalists welcome speedy Supreme Court resolution on plastic pollution lawsuit

Environmental health and justice advocates in the Philippines welcomed the Supreme Court’s issuance of the Writ of Kalikasan and Writ of Continuing Mandamus for the...

Afri-Plastics Challenge seeks innovations to change plastic waste behaviour

The final strand of the Afri-Plastics Challenge, called Promoting Change and delivered by London-based Nesta Challenges, began accepting applications on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. This marks the last...

Group calls for appropriate funding to manage plastic waste

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been admonished to earmark adequate and proper funding into waste management system so that the challenges of plastic...

Stakeholders urge investment in plastic waste management to address youth unemployment

Some stakeholders in waste management have called for investment in opportunities around plastic wastes management to create more jobs for the teeming youths. They spoke...

Group urges govt, Lagos to strengthen value chain in waste management

The Lagos-based Nature Care Resource Centre (NCRC) has called on government at different tiers to strengthen the value chain of Lagos and Nigeria’s waste management...

Scotland to enforce ban on single-use plastic items from June 2022

Scotland will be the first UK nation to pursue a ban on single-use plastic, one of the most problematic plastic products. Legislation has been put...

Firm reduces plastic waste at Lagos Port by over 400,000 bottles annually

The Country Manager, APM Terminals Nigeria, Mr Klaus Laursen, on Sunday, November 14, 2021 in Lagos announced that the terminal was mopping up plastic...

Plastic recycling challenge: 30 semi-finalists emerge

Nesta Challenges has announced the semi-finalists of Accelerating Growth, the first strand of the Afri-Plastics Challenge. The Prize aims to reduce marine plastics in sub-Saharan African countries...

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Nigeria’s NDC 3.0 and subnational inclusion: Notes from a Parliamentarian 

On Wednesday, August, 27, 2025, Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change will bring together stakeholders from across the country...
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Nigeria’s incremental progress on climate sustainability gaining global reckoning, says Onuigbo

A member of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Rep Sir Sam Onuigbo, has said that Nigeria’s sustained efforts...

Climate change: Nigeria must adopt latest renewable energy technologies – LASU DVC

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC), Administration, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Adenike Boyo, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, urged the...

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Nigeria’s NDC 3.0 and subnational inclusion: Notes from a Parliamentarian 

On Wednesday, August, 27, 2025, Nigeria’s National Council on...

Nigeria’s incremental progress on climate sustainability gaining global reckoning, says Onuigbo

A member of the North East Development Commission (NEDC),...
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