by Ayomide Kolawole | May 4, 2018 | Climate Change, Environmental Development
Front-line negotiators from more than 190 nations gathering for climate talks in Bonn on Monday face a daunting task: Bring the 2015 Paris Agreement to life! The world’s only climate treaty pledges to cap global warming at “well under” two degrees Celsius and...
by Ayomide Kolawole | May 3, 2018 | Environmental Development, Waste Management
According to Kit Out My Office, office employees are unwittingly destroying the environment through overuse of paper. Recent figures show that approximately 50 percent of business waste is composed of paper. With 93 percent of that paper coming from trees, Kit Out My...
by Ayomide Kolawole | Apr 23, 2018 | Climate Change, Environmental Development
Earth Day turns 48 this year and millions of people in roughly 200 countries united on Sunday 22nd April 2018 to find ways to protect and celebrate the planet. In the past year, we’ve had environmental victories as well as defeats, all of which will have effects...
by Ayomide Kolawole | Apr 10, 2018 | Environmental Development
Exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is seemingly a direct cause of the type of DNA damage that is known as telomere shortening, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. Notably, young people with asthma also show...
by Ayomide Kolawole | Mar 8, 2018 | General
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality and harassment. International Women’s Day (IWD) has...
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