Nigerian Conservation Foundations hosts school children to showcase #Only-One-Earth FCMB, Chevron and FanMilk lend weight to ensure success The 2022 World Environment Day witnessed a different sort of celebration as creative interpretations of the theme by students of primary and…
2022 Earth Overshoot Day falls on July 28
The Power of Possibility web platform launches today to highlight many proven solutions to build resource security and combat climate change. Over 50 years of global overshoot have led to a world where aggravated drought and food insecurity are compounded by unseasonably…
NDC Partnership provides developing countries with enhanced financing tools to ramp up implementation of climate measures
Developing countries will access new climate funding and finance tools to address climate change, thanks to a Finance Strategy launched by the NDC Partnership in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, launched the new Strategy with…
Environmental challenges: Group calls for efficient collaboration on sustainable environment
Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), an NGO has called on all relevant stakeholders to collaborate for efficient environmental sustainability in the country. Dr Ibrahim Choji, the Board Chairman of the organisation, made the call at stakeholders meeting in Abuja on Monday. Choji…
Lagos medical infrastructure blueprint remains on course
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi have offered strategic insights into the ongoing efforts of the Lagos state government towards restructuring the state’s medical and healthcare infrastructure. This is part of…
Maina Bukar appointed as Director General of National Great Green Wall Agency
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Yusuf Maina-Bukar as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW). The appointment was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by Saghir El-Mohammed, spokesman of the federal…
‘Our Goal is to Sustain a Cleaner Lagos’, Ibrahim Odumboni, Lawma MD
The Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni has reiterated Lawma’s focus on proactively achieving and sustaining the goal for a cleaner Lagos. He stated this during an exclusive chat with Environment Africa Magazine…
We need ‘cohesiveness’ in our infrastructure delivery mechanisms, says Oshodi
“The tie-end that would pull a project or infrastructure together still has not been properly sorted out. We are not there yet. We are still at the basic level of initial project execution and immediately after everybody goes their way.…
9th world water forum kicks off with huge expectations
The 9th World Water Forum kicks off today under the main theme of “Water Security for Peace and Development”, with an opening ceremony at Dakar Arena. The success of the Forum, which is being organized for the first time in…
‘We must have water’, says Badmus.
Despite being surrounded by water, Lagos State still has a major challenge providing safe potable water. So much so that the populace have turned the drilling of boreholes into a norm for water access. But that norm is gradually becoming…
