Environment

Water pollution has risen across three continents, placing hundreds of millions of people at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid, United Nations Environment warns today.

Experts have advised firms to diversify into climate risk insurance, develop policies that focus more on the planet, people and profitability.These were the submissions made at a one-day workshop on “Climate Risk Insurance”....

Faced with harsh financial realities, the Federal Government is exploring the environment sector to increase its gross domestic product, and get the youth fruitfully engaged.

In its bids to ensure speedy trial of violators of sanitation laws in Benue State, a permanent Sanitation Court would soon be inaugurated by the state Sanitation Agency, to dispense justice on daily basis.

The State Coordinator of National Environmental Standards & Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in Kwara, Mr. Martins Enenwaene, has warned that cutting of trees without ...

With 60 countries, accounting for 47.6 percent of global emissions, now ratifying the Paris Agreement, the finish line to ensuring the double-threshold of 55 countries, accounting for 55 percent of emissions, is clearly in sight.

Faced with the growing threat of deforestation through human activities, the United Nations (UN) has commenced the training of some communities in Cross River State on forest regeneration.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, strengthening their partnership to deliver low-emission and climate-resilient development.

The state consultant on Urban Planning, Environment and Sanitation, Mr. Bola Ilori made the plea recently while inspecting dredging of waterways in some locations in Osogbo, the state capital.

The dream of using a multi-billion-naira Dadin-Kowa dam to provide water to Gombe and environs has hit the rocks due to paucity funds.

To overcome various environmental challenges confronting the country, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has advocated for more political will on the part of Nigerian ...

As part of efforts to mitigate adverse effects of climate change on the society, experts have urged Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) ...