by Oyinkansola Sosanya | May 24, 2019 | Climate Change, Environmental Development
On Tuesday, the Nigeria’s house of representatives passed a bill banning the use and sale of plastic bags in the country. The bill states that anyone that fails to provide customers with paper bags in place of plastic ones risks three years in jail or a fine of...
by Ayomide Kolawole | Sep 17, 2018 | Climate Change, Environmental Development, Waste Management
Pope Francis on Saturday the 1st of September issued a call to clear up oceans threatened by plastic waste and underscored the need to provide drinking water to all as a basic right.“We cannot allow our seas and oceans to be littered by endless fields of floating...
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 | 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...
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