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.

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.

Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), yesterday, ranked Nigeria as largest economy in Africa power-wise. It said only three to four per cent of energy consumption of Nigerian manufacturing industry come from grid-connected electricity.

Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, has said the mandate of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Ogoni cleanup project will end this year.

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has joined the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP 2.0), a partnership coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to reduce methane emissions and improve the accuracy and transparency of methane emissions reporting. NLNG, in a statement jointly signed by the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development,…

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat has published the first-ever World Wildlife Trade Report, which gives insights and analysis into the global trade in animals and plants that are regulated under this international treaty.

Beatrice Barine still prepares meals with polluted fish her husband, a fisherman, gets from Nuumu-Goi River in Goi community, Gokana Local Council of Rivers State despite the report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which warned that water and crops in the area are highly polluted and harmful to the body.

To reduce carbon emission, Dangote Cement Plc has established partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency ...

Federal Government has embarked on public health studies to ascertain the prevalence of illnesses in Ogoniland as recommended by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

As part of efforts to promote green transportation, Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, has said the ministry is building capacity and in the process of reviewing policy on Non-Motorised Transportation...

Federal Government has vowed to implement United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) recommendations on Ogoni cleanup and to carry out remediation projects

The president had earlier wanted to embark on the medical trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country, on March 5, but returned to Nigeria on March 4.