The Association of Niger-Delta Communities (ANDC) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for launching a massive investigation into financial malpractices in the Nigerian National Petroleum Industry (NNPC). The group praised Tinubu’s courage and determination to sanitize the oil industry. In a statement signed by President Johnson Adaka and General Secretary Akpo Oghene, ANDC expressed excitement over the ongoing probe. “We
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Civil society voices from Southeast Asia have raised alarm over aggressive fossil gas expansion plans across the region, warning of grave implications for marine ecosystems and frontline communities. The call was made at a side event at the ongoing 10th Our Ocean Conference Busan, South Korea. Southeast Asia, home to some of the world’s most biodiverse marine habitats including the
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As world leaders, international institutions, and civil society actors gather in Busan for the 10th Our Ocean Conference, South Korea finds itself at the centre of growing criticism not for what it says on the global stage, but for what it is doing in its own waters. Amidst calls for stronger cooperation on climate change, marine biodiversity protection, and sustainable
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As global leaders converge at the 10th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Busan, South Korea, a coalition of environmental groups has sounded the alarm over growing fossil gas infrastructure threatening the biodiversity-rich Verde Island Passage (VIP) in the Philippines and the broader Coral Triangle. The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), alongside the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
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Plastic pollution has become an escalating environmental and public health crisis in Nigeria, reflecting a broader challenge across the African continent. As Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria’s rapid urbanization and consumer growth have led to a surge in plastic consumption. However, this has not been matched by improvements in waste management infrastructure, resulting in widespread plastic pollution that endangers human
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Last month, Shell finalized the sale of two billion, four hundred million dollars in onshore and shallow-water assets in Nigeria, bringing an end to the oil giant’s operations in the country’s onshore oil and gas sector, without taking responsibility for properly clearing up the 1,010 oil spills since 2011, or the 491,627 barrels of oil spilled from 1998 to 2009. In March, the United States government
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The Green Africa Conservation Initiative has urged governments and conservation agencies to treat indigenous communities as equal partners in global climate action, warning that current climate adaptation and mitigation measures risk failure if local realities and traditional knowledge systems are ignored. Racheal Kakungulu Kirama, Co-Founder and Director of the Green Africa Conservation Initiative in a comment said indigenous peoples provide
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Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to leading a global shift away from fossil fuels toward a just and inclusive energy transition, as momentum builds ahead of COP30 scheduled to hold in Belém this year. Silva made the declaration during her address at the final day of the Renew Our Power event
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
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As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
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