The Nation Newspaper FG moves to combat environmental crisis using low emission dev strategy - Minister
The Minister of State, Ministry for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, says the government is at the forefront of combating environmental crisis under Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions and the Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy.
The minister disclosed this in Abuja at the Annual National World Press Freedom Day with the theme, ‘A press for the planet’ journalism in the face of the environmental crisis. He said, “I am a passionate advocate for the healthy preservation of our planet and a worker in the stewardship of the earth.“This year’s theme, “A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis,” cannot be coming at a better time as the world grapples with the greatest threat to our existence.
“The Ministry of Environment is promoting nature based solutions through tree planting, mangrove restoration, urban greening and restoring wetlands. We are promoting the adoption of more environmentally friendly energy sources including clean cook stoves, working hard to end gas-flaring and plastic pollution, remediating oil polluted communities, expanding our protected areas, addressing desertification, drought, flooding and erosion.
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