The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has organised a free medical screening, for over 1000 sanitation workers (street sweepers) at the Authority’s headquarters, Ijora Olopa. Speaking at the event, the Acting Managing Director of LAWMA, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi, noted that…
African Countries Show Progress in Advancing Women’s Rights: Landmark Report on the Maputo Protocol
To mark the 20th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol and to promote the continued adoption and implementation of its progressive provisions, the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition (SOAWR), Equality Now, and Make Every Woman Count (MEWC) has released the landmark…
WCS commends Customs on fight against illegal wildlife trade
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has commended the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on efforts made by the service to combat illegal wildlife trade through its arrests of suspected traffickers. Elisha Bello, Counter Wildlife Trafficking Adviser with the WCS in Calabar…
Invisible Women in Energy: Millions of Household Biomass Producers
By Alexandra Peek and Philippe Benoit An estimated 2.4 billion people currently lack access to clean cooking fuels, with the majority relying on biomass (firewood, charcoal, dung) to meet household cooking needs. This is only a slight decrease from 2017, when 2.5 billion people lacked access…
HOPE GREEN REVOLUTION TAKES OFF IN NIGERIA
GREENING IMO STATE IS NOW AND URGENT BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT WAITING FOR ANYONE” — Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma The Imo State Hope Green Revolution has taken off with the GREENING OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY in Owerri, the…
122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report
Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019 Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including…
Climate Activism is Driven More by Concern Over Energy Security than Environment – APPO Boss
The Secretary General, African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO), Dr Omar-Farouk Ibrahim, has said that today’s climate activism is driven more by the quest for energy security by the developed countries than by their concerns over environment. He pointed out that…
Anambra, UNICEF trains nurses, CHEWs to curb maternal, infants deaths
The Anambra State Government in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has commenced training for health workers on modified life saving skills to eradicate maternal and infant mortality. Dr Afam Obidike, state’s Commissioner for Health, at the opening…
CSOs embark on community advocacy on emission reduction at Egor
A Consortium of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have embarked on a community advocacy campaign on net-zero emissions reduction aimed at mitigating the impact of climate change in Nigeria Newsmen reports that the CSOs; Connected Advocacy, 21st Century Issues, and International…
IMO revise their GHG strategy in ambition to reach net zero GHG emissions from shipping by 2050
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) saw member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agree to adopt the 2023 IMO strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships, to mitigate harmful emissions. The revised IMO GHG Strategy focuses…
