Tag:Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Conservation

ECOWAS set to implement 30 by 30 plan on biodiversity protection

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to implement a regional 30 by 30 plan aimed at securing at least 30...

Michael Simire - February 20, 2024

Business

Group takes Nigerian govt to ECOWAS court over illegal pipelines, oil theft

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over “the failure to probe the operations of...

Michael Simire - November 27, 2022

Climate Change

How ECOWAS countries can adopt low-carbon growth path, by FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has urged countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region to...

Michael Simire - November 25, 2022

Conservation

ECOWAS appeals for ambitious global response to biodiversity crisis

Representatives of governments of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and...

Michael Simire - October 14, 2022

Conservation

Nigeria, ECOWAS commit to tackling loss of biodiversity, degradation of ecosystems

The Federal Government of Nigeria, ECOWAS and other stakeholders have expressed worried over continuous loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems, assuring to tackle...

Michael Simire - October 10, 2022

Renewable Energy

Nigeria, ECOWAS move to achieve sustainable energy targets

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and Nigeria’s Ministry of Power are set to host a forum aimed at achieving...

Michael Simire - August 31, 2022

Climate Change

ECOWAS trains Nigerian experts on how to access Green Climate Fund

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commenced a four-day training in Abuja on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 to train Nigerians on how...

Michael Simire - December 8, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

ECOWAS, NEMA collaborate on disaster risk management

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for the strengthening of the capacity of disaster risk management agencies at local, states...

Michael Simire - December 1, 2020

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