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Firm targets $320m carbon credit potential for Niger Delta

Tantita Security Services Ltd. says it is targeting a $320 million carbon credit scheme for the Niger-Delta region, as part of efforts to drive...

Stakeholders call for amendments to strengthen Nigeria’s EIA Act

Cross-cutting experts in the environmental community have called for urgent changes in Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act to tackle its inadequacies. Giving the charge...

Bill to prohibit gas flaring scales 2nd reading in House of Reps

A bill for an Act to prohibit gas flaring, encourage gas utilisation and provide for penalties and remedies for gas flaring violations and related...

‘Climate change goes to court’ – ICJ hearings begin in landmark case

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun hearings in the biggest climate change case ever, with more than 100 countries and non-governmental organisations...

COP16: Global response to drought takes centre stage at UN land conference

Negotiations on a global drought regime are set to dominate the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD...

Critical treaty to address global plastics crisis goes into overtime

The latest round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty (INC5) in Busan, South Korea, intended to mark the culmination of two years of...

UN plastics treaty talks collapse as countries fail to agree on targets

Negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis have ended without an agreement, as countries failed to agree on key...

Fossil fuel lobbyists flood final round of plastics treaty negotiations in Busan

Some 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists registered to participate in the fifth and final scheduled session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5)...

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Deployment of clean energy technologies reshaping global electricity sector – IEA report

New report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that strong deployment of renewables is set to curb growth...
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Don calls for safeguarding of African forests via harmonised biosecurity policies

 African nations have been called upon to safeguard their forests from the proliferation of invasive insect pests by implementing...

Report links alcohol to increased risk of seven cancers

A report on alcohol consumption and cancer risk published on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, has highlighted considerable health risks - particularly...

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Deployment of clean energy technologies reshaping global electricity sector – IEA report

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