GEF approves $372m In Funding To Tackle Environmental Challenges Worldwide
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has announced the approval of more than $372 million in new funding to implement 36 innovative programs and projects aimed...
Category : Environment
Biodiversity Network Raises Alarm Over Mercury Pollution Nigeria’s Northwest Region
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE Ngaski Local Government Area in northwestern Kebbi State with its headquarters at Wara and lying on the shores of Kainji Lake...
Seventh UN Environment Assembly Opens, Aiming To Advance Solutions For Planetary Resilience
The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) kicked off today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, bringing together Ministers of Environment, intergovernmental organizations, multilateral...
Indigenous And Local Action Brings Back Nature: UN Recognizes Three World Restoration Flagships
The United Nations recognized three new World Restoration Flagships in Australia, Canada and South Africa, anchored in Indigenous Peoples and local knowledge. Announced ahead of...
Uzbekistan To Host 8th GEF Assembly
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan jointly...
COP 11: Minister Celebrates Nigeria’s Progress At Tobacco Global Meet
OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has praised Nigeria’s tobacco control efforts since 2012, saying the country...
Africans Demand Immediate Climate Action From Rich Nations And Stronger Measures From Their Own Governments – Afrobarometer Report
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE Climate-change-literate Africans overwhelmingly want rich, developed countries to take immediate action and assist poorer nations to mitigate the impacts of climate...
Africa Eyes $5 Project Pipeline as Green Economy Summit Returns for Fourth Edition
The critical climate negotiations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, are underscoring the urgent need to translate global ambition into tangible investment and action. This imperative...
CSOs Applaud Minister, Nigeria’s Leadership at COP11, Seek Stronger Domestic Action
Civil society organisations (CSOs) working in tobacco control have applauded the “outstanding leadership” of the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, and...
New Climate Pledges Only Slightly Lower Dangerous Global Warming Projections
A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment of available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement finds that the predicted global temperature rise over the course...