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African leaders pledge clean cooking solutions to save 600,000 lives

2 months ago | environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Africa Brief |Michael Simire

Twelve African nations committed to implementing clean cooking energy solutions during the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, addressing a crisis that claims approximately 600,000 lives annually across the continent. The two-day summit, hosted by Tanzania on January 27-28, 2025, focused on accelerating access to electricity and clean cooking solutions in alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Nigerian professor ranks among world’s top scientists in prestigious list

Sep 22, 2024 | environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Africa Brief |Michael Simire

A renowned Nigerian scientist, Professor Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, has been named among the world’s top 2% of scientists in a prestigious global ranking for 2024. The recognition comes from two distinguished lists: the Career-long List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists and the single-year Most Impactful List of Distinguished Professors globally. Adetunji, known for his work in genome editing, attributes his success to the support of colleagues and institutions in his field.
ECOWAS devises regional action plan to tackle plastic pollution

Sep 18, 2024 | environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Africa Brief |Michael Simire

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is stepping up efforts to combat plastic pollution across the region. A two-day workshop in Accra, Ghana, which concluded on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, focused on developing a regional action plan for plastics management and promoting a circular economy. The workshop brought together representatives from member states’ environment and finance ministries, along with private sector and civil society stakeholders.
Climate activists urge journalists to prioritise environment reporting

May 3, 2024 | environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Michael Simire |Africa Brief

The Media Network Action on Climate Change (MENACC) is calling on journalists in Zambia and the southern African region to increase coverage of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental issues which it terms the “triple planetary crisis”, as the network joins others in commemorating World Press Freedom Day.