Every first day of the year family and friends gather to celebrate a gentleman who represents many positive things to many people in different ways. That gentleman is Dr Newton JIBUNOH.Born January 1, 1938, JIBUNOH must have been born into nature with a clear mind to show his commitment to anything natural. From his love Read More…
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Environment Commissioner Bello demands environmental responsibility from Lagosians
As Yuletide draws near, Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, urged citizens on Thursday to actively protect their environment while having fun. In a statement that he personally signed, Bello stated that the government is doing everything it can to step up efforts to combat the scourge of climate Read More…
African Perspectives on the Fossil Fuel vs Clean Energy Debate
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) calls for ‘affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all’ by 2030. It recognizes energy usage as the dominant contributor to the generation of Green House Gases (GHG), accounting for about 60 per cent of total emissions. It observes with alarm that global emissions have accelerated, resulting Read More…
Saro Wiwa rises at COP27 27 years after death
The memory of Kenule Beeson Saro Wiwa, a late Nigerian environmental campaigner, was invoked by the Oilwatch organisation on Friday during COP27 in Egypt, 27 years after his execution, bringing his legacy to life once more. The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nigeria; Earthlife Johannesburg, Johannesburg; CAPPA, Africa; Kabetkache Women Development Center, Nigeria; and Read More…
Epe LG boss cautions against indiscriminate dumping of refuse
On Friday, Ms. Surah Animashaun, Chairman of Epe Local Government in Lagos State, issued a warning to locals not to deposit trash in undesignated areas, particularly on the sides of the road. Animashaun issued the warning in an interview with the newsmen on Friday in Epe. She claims that seeing enormous amounts of trash along Read More…
COP27 to test world’s determination to fight war, inflation
The global climate meeting in Egypt next week will show how serious countries are about stopping global warming, even though many of the major players are focused on more pressing issues like the conflict in Europe or rising prices for consumers. From November 6–18, more than 30,000 delegates, including government officials from 200 countries, will Read More…
22,500 children died in Lagos from air pollution in 2021 – LASEPA
Twenty-two thousand five hundred children died from air pollution in the state in 2021 according to the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA). LASEPA said that the figure constituted 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died in 2021 in the state due to the bad environment. The General Manager, LASEPA, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, disclosed Read More…
Policy Watch: Why developing countries are calling for science based targets for adaptation
Political will was the missing ingredient at the Bonn climate meeting earlier in June, which was supposed to lay the groundwork to make progress at COP27, the next global climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in November. But it wrapped up with little tangible progress, not only on reducing emissions but in helping vulnerable nations cope Read More…
Goats, sheep and livelihoods lost to floods and cold in northern Kenya
In picture above: Mamo Konchora, a nomad herder from the Gabra tribe, stands next to the corpses of his livestock which died due to cold weather, near North Horr, Marsabit county, Kenya, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner The carcasses of goats and sheep that are strewn across the scrubland of Read More…
A third of global commodity-hungry firms have no-deforestation policies – report
A third of the 350 companies most exposed to commodities such as palm oil, beef and timber have no policies to ensure their products are not fuelling deforestation, a report by NGO Global Canopy showed on Thursday. Protecting the world’s forests is central to efforts to limit man-made global warming by mid-century, and at the Read More…