The National Council on Environment has advocated a shift from the resource extraction and consumption-based economy of Nigeria to a model that will focus on reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling materials to boost growth.
The council said such an environmentally friendly model will guarantee the de-carbonization and mitigation of climate change for long term sustainability.
The council comprising of Commissioners of Environment from the 36 states of Nigeria, the Ministry of Environment, its MDAs and parastatals, arrived at the resolution during a meeting on “Managing Emerging Environmental Challenges: Need for Strategic Approach to Sustainable Development in Covid-19 Era and Beyond”.
A communiqué at the end of the meeting tasked the federal government to ensure its environmental management and protection effort empowers vulnerable groups and creates jobs through waste to wealth projects, afforestation and reforestation as well as agro-based, smart agriculture.
transition to a circular economy;
pollution prevention and control; and
protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems.
An economic activity will be considered to be environmentally sustainable if it complies with all four of the following criteria:
substantially contributes to one or more environmental objectives;
does not significantly harm (DNSH) any environmental objective;
complies with minimum safeguards based on certain human rights standards; and
complies with the Technical Screening Criteria (TSC), which are the detailed conditions for the first two limbs above.
The EU Taxonomy is due to apply in relation to the climate-related objectives from 1 January 2022. The TSC for these objectives were originally due to be adopted by the Commission on 31 December 2020, however these were delayed.
Offaly County Council firmly focussed on global warming threat
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Duncan Stewart at the Green Offaly initiative launch in Lough Boora a couple of years ago. Offaly County Council is adding support to this initiative through its own Climate Action Plan. );
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With an eye on the threat posed by global warming Offaly County Council is currently implementing a Climate Action Plan which contains a number of measures to improve Offaly s global warming profile.
Speaking during the April meeting of Birr Municipal District, Mary Hussey of the Council s Environment section said the Climate Action Plan is continuing to be embedded in nine sections of the Council.
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Jacobs Recognized for Environmental Industry Leadership with Six Business Achievement Awards
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DALLAS, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Jacobs (NYSE:J) has been recognized by Environmental Business International (EBI) with six business achievement awards in 2020 for leadership and outstanding performance in Climate Action, Justice & Equality, COVID Response, Hydrogen Economy, Nature-based Design, and Adaptation and Resilience Solutions. The annual awards are administered by Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) and Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ), two leading sources of business intelligence in the environmental industry. From the way we operate our business, to the work we perform with clients and other organizations, we continue to look at how we can make a positive environmental, societal and economic difference for our people, businesses, governments and communities around the world, said Jacobs President & Chief Op