Environment

A project by two students of Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos has won this year’s Nigerian Stockholm junior water prize. About 60 entries were received from different schools across the country and only seven made it to the final.

A non-profit group, Wild Africa Fund (WAF) has called for strong laws and enforcement to protect endangered species in the country.

A new project that would ensure community resilience, improved health through increased access to clean water and sanitation services has been kick-started in the Imo state capital, Owerri.

The 13th Ordinary Session of the General Assembly (GA) of the governing council of African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) will hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt in Cairo next month.

Ahead of a second round of negotiations in Paris, next week on a global agreement to beat plastic pollution, a new report has revealed that plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy, as well as market shifts using existing technologies.

One of the worldwide leaders in the thermal comfort industry, Ariston has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting energy efficiency in various households or homes by providing quality and energy-efficient products or solutions.

To reduce emissions by half by 2030 and mitigate climate change impact across the country, the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAENG) has called for major changes in transport, electricity consumption, industry, land use and buildings.

To address biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems and protect bird species, conservationists have called for action by government to translate Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) into laws and policy.

Aproximately 180 countries to the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention have agreed to add two toxic plastic chemicals and a pesticide to the agreement’s list of substances for global elimination.

An environmental group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation has called on Hydrocarbons Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to commence a comprehensive health and environmental audit of the Ogoni cleanup project.

Ahead of Federal Government’s proposed ban on plastics (SUP) by 2028, the authorities have imposed a 10 per cent tax on the products.

The Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions commenced in Geneva, Switzerland to collectively advance the sound management of chemicals and waste.