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The European Delegates Assembly of European Association for Renewable Energy,   EUROSOLAR  has made an urgent appeal  for the mobilization of a climate defense budget to finance a phase-out of fossil fuels and a transformation to 100 percent renewable in less than 10 years.

This year’s World Cities Day, a commemorative day designated on 31 October by the United Nations General Assembly, once again focuses on the general theme of ‘Better City, Better Life’, but with the sub-theme of ‘Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience’ for 2021

According to research and evidence collected by ARC, every one US dollar spent on early intervention through this insurance mechanism saves US$4.5 spent after a crisis unfolds

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has vowed to direct energy and resources, to the clearing of several illegal dumpsites around FESTAC Town and the entire Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of the state

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and Shomolu Local Government council, have agreed on re-introducing the monthly environmental sanitation on a voluntary basis, slated for the last Saturday of every month, beginning from November this year. The exercise takes place between 7am and 10am in the morning.

Expanding water treatment globally is not only a key enabler for creating a better world for humankind, but it can also contribute to fighting climate change and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Chairman of Epe Local Government, Hon. Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun, has promised to work with the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, by mobilising residents to pay their waste bills and properly dispose their waste

More than 2,000 young leaders and youth-led organisations from across the Commonwealth are urging governments to respect the needs and contributions of the world’s most vulnerable groups, in the lead up to global climate talks in Glasgow in November.

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has commemorated the 2021 World Clean-up Day, along with a network of corporate bodies NGOs and governmental organizations, during which 75000 plastic bottles, weighing 1,250 kilogrammes, was harvested, along a 5-kilometre distance of Ilashe/Ibeshe beach, in the outskirts of Lagos

Crown Flour Mill Limited (CFM), a subsidiary of Olam, an agribusiness conglomerate, has donated 5,000 tree saplings to the Bayero University Kano (BUK). This is part of a tree planting campaign launch geared towards offsetting carbon emissions and conserving biodiversity.