Lagos State Champions Cleaner Markets and Hygiene Culture with NGO Support

In a renewed push to promote environmental responsibility and cleaner public spaces, the Lagos State Government has urged residents and traders to adopt sustainable hygiene practices as a way of life. This call was made by the Commissioner for the…

Lagos Flags Off National Clean Cookstove Rollout With Pilot Distribution In Makoko

Beneficiaries To Receive ₦10,000 Monthly for 15 Years, Free Health Insurance – GreenPlinth CEO   The Lagos State Government has officially commenced the pilot distribution of clean cookstoves, starting with 12 beneficiaries from the Makoko community, marking the first phase…

Global South Unites in Call for Robust Financial Mechanism for Plastics Treaty

Global South Unites in Call for Robust Financial Mechanism for Plastics Treaty   …GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa convene online panel to press for bold financing commitments ahead of INC-5.2   As momentum builds toward the next round of…

Bearing the Brunt of War: UNICEF Chief meets some of Sudan’s 700,000 child refugees crossing into Chad

© UNICEF/Donaig Le Du – Refugees from Sudan continue to arrive in Chad.   Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced by the brutal war between rival militaries there. In neighbouring…

Asia is Warming Twice as Fast as the Rest of the World

In April 2024, China broke the average temperature record that month. The following month, it was the same – and then again in August. And September. And November.   While there are records which exist to be broken – Olympic…

Eco-Circulate Ayobo Initiative Drives Climate Action Through Community Partnership, Rewards

The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy under the Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget (MEPB), continues to deepen its community-based climate engagement with the successful rollout of the Eco-Circulate Ayobo Initiative – a…

Nations Establish New Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution

Against a challenging geopolitical backdrop and in a major move to protect people and planet, countries today came together to agree a new global science-policy panel to support the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution. Designed…

Adamawa, World Bank Sign MoU to Construct Recycling Plant

The Adamawa Government and the World Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to construct a recycling plant in Yola as part of efforts to tackle plastic pollution. Mr Muhammed Muhammad, Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources Development, made…

Landmark Lawsuit: Bayelsa Monarch Launches $12 Billion Legal Battle Against Shell

His Royal Majesty King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV of Ekpetiama Kingdom and Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers   King Dakolo, CSO Coalition demand oil giant clean up 70 years of environmental devastation before divestment In a groundbreaking legal…

Bayelsa Community v Shell: CSOs Back Suit Against Unjust Divestment

L-R: Founder, Home of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Rev. Nnimmo Bassey with His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV of Ekpetiama Kingdom and Chair of the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers.   A coalition of civil society organisations…

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