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The Federal Republic of Nigeria is estimated to have an urban population of 100 million residents. The increasing population and the lack of non-motorised transport (NMT) infrastructure has led to congestion due to over-reliance on personal motor…
How UN Environment is working with communities in the northern city of Kaduna to reduce environmental risks Kaduna city, in northwestern Nigeria, is a bustling metropolis of about 1.5 million people. Established…
Lake Chad, once one of Africa’s largest lakes, is in distress. The lake is shared by Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria; its basin – which extends as far Algeria, Libya, and Sudan – offers a lifeline to nearly 40…
Within the context of its environmental assessment in Ogoniland, on 25 February, the inaugural Presidential Implementation Committee was held. The PIC, UNEP's key decision-making body was attended by a number of…
Five West African countries have agreed to ban importing Europe's dirty fuels, a move that will dramatically reduce vehicle emissions and help more than 250 million people breath safer, cleaner air. Together, the…
5 December 2016 – Five West African countries have agreed to ban importing Europe’s dirty fuels, a move that will dramatically reduce vehicle emissions and help more than 250 million people breath safer, cleaner…
This report is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP GEF project implemented between 2009 and 2012. The project goal was to build regional capacity on analysis and data generation for POPs in core matrices for the Global POPs Monitoring (GMP) to enable…
This major independent scientific assessment – carried out by UN Environment and first published in 2011 – shows that pollution from over 50 years of oil operations in the region has penetrated further and deeper than many may have supposed. The…
This is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP/GEF project implemented between 2005 and 2009. The project's main objective was to Conservation of globally significant migratory waterbirds and wetlands enhanced in the African – Eurasian flyways. The…
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