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Tax suspension will make Nigeria dumping ground for plastic waste products – ERA/FoEN, GAIA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and member organisations of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) have expressed concern over...

Germany’s plastic waste exports drop by 51% in last decade

Germany has exported significantly less plastic waste abroad in recent years, the Federal Statistical Office announced in Wiesbaden on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. About 745,100...

World Environment Day: Wild Africa Fund launches campaign to protect Nigeria’s marine life from plastic pollution

In line with the spirit of the World Environment Day, Wild Africa Fund on Monday, June 5, 2023, launched a month-long campaign to raise...

Groups urge Australia to reverse plan to resume plastic waste exports

On the eve of the new global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Paris, the Australian Environment Minister has decided to reopen plastic waste exports, after...

Germany joins international coalition to tackle plastic waste

Germany has joined the international High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution by 2040 that was launched on Monday, August 22, 2022. Agreement had already...

YASIF unveils scheme to sensitise public on plastic waste management      

The Young Advocates for Sustainable and Inclusive Future (YASIF) has trained 50 women as part of its plan to enhance the public knowledge on...

Afri-Plastics Challenge awards £750,000 to innovations tackling behaviour change to plastic usage

Fifteen teams of innovators from across sub-Saharan Africa have been named finalists in the Afri-Plastics Challenge with solutions that will change both the behaviour...

Group urges concerted efforts to check dumping of plastic wastes in rivers

President of Metrol Environment and Awareness Initiative, a Kaduna-based non- governmental organisation, Mr Jibril Suleman, has called for concerted efforts to discourage dumping of...

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COP29: Artists, scientists, climate champions call for global plan to phase out fossil fuels

As COP29 draws to a close in Baku, artists, scientists, faith leaders and climate advocates have come together in...
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$1.3tri climate fund: Time is running out – Developing countries

Just hours before the conclusion of COP29 on climate change, more than 80 countries vulnerable to climate change and...

Climate change: Lagos advocates early warning system

The Lagos State Government has advocated early warning system as a necessary environmental protection strategy against climate change effects. Dr...

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$1.3tri climate fund: Time is running out – Developing countries

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