The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that rising floodwaters, driven by climate change, could remobilise toxic chemicals buried long ago, posing serious risks to human health and ecosystems.
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has raised alarm over the growing threat that climate change, particularly extreme heat, poses…
The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) is collaborating with the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to train stakeholders on energy performance standards for air conditioners.
The Sokoto state government has commenced the planting of over 200,000 trees across the state, in a step to combate…
As part of efforts to combat plastic pollution and climate change, the Sokoto State Government has flagged off the planting…
In a major breakthrough for global environmental governance, nations have formally established a new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste…
Millions around the world joined governments, civil society, businesses, and communities on Wednesday to mark World Environment Day (WED) 2025,…
The smell of wet earth and loss lingers in the air. In Mokwa, Niger State, the flood didn’t just come…
New research shows how 310 premature deaths and 230 new children’s asthma cases can be prevented every day over the next 15…
For decades, the waters of Ogoniland in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta ran black with crude. Rivers that once teemed with…