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The commitment to phase out unabated coal in the first half of the 2030s is not only inadequate but also exhibits an abject lack of urgency. G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers in Italy This submission was made by environment watchdog, Climate Action Network (CAN), in response to the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ joint communique, published...

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), concluded on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Ottawa with an advanced draft text of the instrument and agreement on intersessional work ahead of the fifth session (INC-5) in November. A plenary session at INC-4. Photo credit: IISD / Kiara Worth More...

A new phase of work on one of the most important items currently on the global climate change agenda – setting a new goal on climate finance by the end of 2024 – got underway last week in Cartagena, Colombia. Cartagena, Colombia Nearly 300 people, representing a mix of Parties and non-Party stakeholders, took part in the ninth...

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called on the Federal Government to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the challenges of the power sector. A power grid APWEN President, Dr Adebisi Osim, gave the advice on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at the inauguration of the Chairman of Ogbomosho Chapter of the association. Osim, who...

Ten years after the signing of ground-breaking licensing agreements between ViiV Healthcare and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), as well as ViiV’s direct agreements with Aurobindo Pharma, more than 1 billion packs of generic dolutegravir (DTG) based medicines have reached 24 million people living with HIV in 128 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), transforming the HIV landscape in...

The Plastics Treaty fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) closed in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, for the first time with draft text outlining pathways toward a global agreement. In a positive development, the draft text includes options for addressing the overproduction of plastic and eliminating toxic chemicals throughout the plastics life cycle. Civil society activists push...

The National Biotechnology Research Development (NBRD) says the rapid advancement in biotechnology, particularly genetic engineering, has ushered in a new era of possibilities for enhancing agricultural productivity. Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General, National Biotechnology Research Development (NBRD) Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General, NBRD, spoke at a Ministerial Meeting on Demystifying Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) with civil society organisations on Tuesday,...

The Ogun State Government has warned residents living in flood-prone areas to relocate to safer locations or higher elevations, ahead of looming flood disaster in the state. Flooding in Isheri North community in Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya, who gave the warning at a news conference on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Abeokuta, the state...

The Group of Seven (G7) leading Western industrialised nations are supporting an ambitious UN agreement to reduce plastics, a German minister said on Tuesday, April30, 2024. Steffi Lemke, German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection “As industrialised countries, we have a special obligation to curb the effects of the massive pollution crisis. “As...

The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Federal Capital Territory Administration, has handed over to the police, a staff of Parks and Recreation Department for allegedly cutting down trees illegally within the capital city. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike The coordinator of the council, Mr Felix Obuah, who made this known in an interview...