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…