Friday, 29th March 2024
To guardian.ng
Search

UNEP

11 Dec
Close to $7 trillion is invested across the globe yearly to check negative impact on nature, the latest State of Finance for Nature report released yesterday at COP28 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners showed.
11 Dec
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has again issued an Emissions Gap Report that underscores the fact that the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the linchpin of the Paris agreement is not leading away from the climate precipice but is rather increasing the speed to a catastrophic plunge. 
20 Nov
Countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius this century, the UN said Monday, urging G20 nations to boost emissions cuts.
2 Oct
The greatest challenge among men, the Church especially in Africa, and Nigeria in particular is the non-realisation that God from inception empowered man through the mandate issued in Genesis 1 verses 26 to 28. That is, “Dominate, subdue, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
18 Sep 2023
A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Yale Centre for Ecosystems and Architecture (Yale CEA), under the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) has recommended measures to decarbonise the building and construction sector.
12 Jun 2023
A professor of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Forensics, Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye has advocated the use of technological innovations to manage plastic waste crises in the country.
22 May 2023
Ahead of a second round of negotiations in Paris, next week on a global agreement to beat plastic pollution, a new report has revealed that plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy, as well as market shifts using existing technologies.
15 May 2023
Aproximately 180 countries to the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention have agreed to add two toxic plastic chemicals and a pesticide to the agreement’s list of substances for global elimination.
12 May 2023
Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), yesterday, ranked Nigeria as largest economy in Africa power-wise. It said only three to four per cent of energy consumption of Nigerian manufacturing industry come from grid-connected electricity.
17 Apr 2023
Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, has said the mandate of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Ogoni cleanup project will end this year.

Latest

10 mins ago
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Delta State Command, has deployed 570 personnel on Delta highways, to ensure road safety and quality travel time during Easter.
36 mins ago
Russia fired dozens of drones and missiles at Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight, wounding at least six people and cutting off power in several regions, officials said on Friday.
51 mins ago
The African Union on Friday congratulated anti-establishment opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Senegal's presidential election and hailed the "unanimous acceptance of the results".
54 mins ago
The Adamawa Police Comnand says the restriction on motorcycle movement in some parts of Yola North and South local government areas still subsists and violators will be sanctioned.
1 hour ago
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday tendered, before the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, certified true copies (CTCs) of the statement of result and certificate belonging to Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma. The council took action in response to a subpoena issued on it by the tribunal to produce and tender…
1 hour ago
Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto will visit China next week, Beijing's foreign ministry announced Friday, his first visit to a key Jakarta trade partner since his election.
1 hour ago
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has extended birthday greetings and goodwill to President Bola Tinubu, wishing him good health and long life for the country to benefit from his “excellent leadership” on his 72nd birthday. Buhari commended the President for making “sustained efforts to overcome the many problems of the country” while wishing him many happy…
1 hour ago
Spotify, a global streaming platform, says Nigeria’s Podcast listenership and gospel music streams have increased from 2022 to 2024 by 482 per cent and 1228 per cent respectively. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said this was in celebration of Easter. Okumu said “the growth…
1 hour ago
Traders in Ochange and landlords of the neighbourhood Fegge, the headquarters of Onitsha South Local Council Area of Anambra State have warned desperate politicians to stop discrediting the good work of the State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. The protest is a follow-up to a viral video that claimed that a portion of a road constructed…
1 hour ago
President Bola Tinubu on Friday commended Nigerians for their sacrifices in the past few months for the nation to be steered to the path of recovery and sustainable growth. Tinubu said this in a statement by his Spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, to celebrate Easter. He assured Nigerians that the seeds of patience that they have sown…