Daily Archives: March 29, 2019

WMO makes it clear that the climate crisis is accelerating faster than we are implementing solutions

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report argues that the financial and physical impacts of climate change are accelerating. The 25th edition of the WMO’s Statement on the State of the Global Climate has been going since 1993. The 2019 edition looks at data from 2018, finding that last year was the fourth warmest year on record and […]

EU finally seals ban on single-use plastics by 2021

Parliament approved a new law on Wednesday, banning throwaway plastics such as cotton bud sticks, cutlery, straws, stirrers and plates. According to the European Commission, more than 80 per cent of marine litter is plastics. Plastic residue is found in many marine species such as fish and shell fish and thus is present in the human food […]

Local Coordinator Launches School-based Climate Advocacy Campaign in Southwest Nigeria

Wednesday 27th of March 2019, will not be forgotten quickly by Solomon Oluwaseun Sampson the local coordinator of Team 54 Project in Nigeria. It was a day he began the Team 54 Project School-based Climate Advocacy Campaign in Ayetoro which is about 35 km northwest of Abeokuta, a town in south-west part of Nigeria and […]