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Pipeline blasts released record-shattering amount of methane – UNEP study

The rupture of Europe’s Nord Stream gas pipelines more than two years ago resulted in the planet’s largest human-caused release of methane, a powerful...

Activists at African Peoples COP demand policies on methane reduction

Environmental activists have called on African governments to enact laws and policies that protect the environment from methane emission, as the world moves towards...

IEA, COP29 Presidency to convene signature event on turning pledges to cut methane emissions into action

The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the COP29 Presidency of Azerbaijan will co-host a major event aimed at implementing growing commitments to cut methane...

Mitigating methane: An essential step in addressing climate change

Climate change poses a significant challenge for humanity, with wide-ranging impacts on our planet's ecosystems and future generations' welfare. Although carbon dioxide (CO2) tends...

Aussie scientists develop method to recycle methane

A team of chemists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has devised a new method of recycling potent fossil fuel,...

Urgent steps must be taken to reduce methane emissions this decade, says report

A Global Methane Assessment released on May 6, 2021 by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...

Methane hot spots soar despite economic slowdown

The worldwide number of methane hot spots has soared 32 percent so far this year despite the economic slowdown, according to satellite imagery analysed...

Africa urged to address livestock methane emissions

Though increasing calls for Africa to reduce methane emissions from livestock continue to be met with controversy, livestock scientists say that methane is a...

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Can Africa re-imagine climate justice by breaking free from green capitalism trap?

In Hamouchene’s "Green Colonialism and Environmental Orientalism", the author critiques how green capitalism, under the banner of a “just...
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Nigeria, Turkey to ensure safe return of endangered baby gorrilla

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will partner with relevant Turkish authorities to ensure that the endangered baby...

Management agency vows to uphold biosafety standards

Director-General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Agnes Asagbra, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to upholding biosafety...

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Can Africa re-imagine climate justice by breaking free from green capitalism trap?

In Hamouchene’s "Green Colonialism and Environmental Orientalism", the author...

Nigeria, Turkey to ensure safe return of endangered baby gorrilla

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will partner...