Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – September 8, 2025 At a pivotal side event of the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive Director, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, delivered a powerful keynote address urging African leaders, civil…
The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), led by Executive Director Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has joined a high-level delegation of African climate negotiators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2). Alongside colleagues Elijah Whapoe…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – September 5, 2025: The 13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA XIII) officially opened today at the historic Adwa Victory Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa, bringing together governments, civil society, financial institutions, and…
Monrovia — The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, today, September 2, 2025, paid a courtesy visit to former President H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf following a call from the former President expressing concern…
Monrovia, Liberia – August 29, 2025 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia continued its commitment to internal environmental education today with its latest installment of the “Know Your Environment” program—this time sounding the alarm on the growing threat…
Monrovia, Liberia September 2, 2025– In a bid to bolster its nationwide presence and enhance environmental protection across Liberia, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially deployed a new cohort of environmental inspectors to several rural counties. The deployment ceremony,…
Monrovia, September 1, 2025– The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has officially presented its five-year strategic plan to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., setting the stage for a renewed push to strengthen environmental governance and sustainability across the country.…
Accra, Ghana, August 26, 2025 – The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, says the country is making strong progress in using solar energy to provide electricity for ordinary citizens. Speaking…
Accra, Ghana – August 26, 2025 – Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency Executive Director, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has highlighted the country’s innovative approaches to waste management and the circular economy during the Western Africa Workshop on Waste Management and…
Monrovia, August 26, 2025 — The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), in partnership with Conservation International (CI), on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, convened a one-day National Validation Workshop on the Liberia Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) Phase II…