BAKU, Azerbaijan – The Government of Liberia, through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has signed a scholarship agreement with the University of Cambridge’s Democratizing Education for Global Sustainability and Justice Programme. The agreement was signed on Tuesday, November 19, during…
November 16, 2024 | Ghana Pavilion, COP 29 Baku, Azerbaijan — In a compelling address at the COP 29 side event, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, emphasized the critical importance…
Baku, Azerbaijan — In a compelling address at the COP 29 side event, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, emphasized the critical importance of community rights in combating climate change and…
November 14, 2024 – COP29 Climate Mobility Pavilion, Voices of Africa…..In a powerful address at the COP29 Climate Mobility Pavilion, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, emphasized the crucial role of…
Baku, Azerbaijan – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia is advocating for the inclusion of climate change and security considerations in the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). This initiative is being presented at the…
Baku, Azerbaijan – At the COP29 climate summit taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, Liberia’s EPA Executive Director, Dr. Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo has called on the international community to step up financial support to help his country address the severe impacts…
(November 11, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan) In a pressing appeal for international assistance, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has urged global partners to support Liberia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP), which aims…
Ahead of the official opening of the Twenty-ninth section of the Conference of the Parties (COP29), the head of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo has arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan Republic. Dr. Yarkpawolo is accompanied…
Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan – At the pre-sessional meetings leading up to the Twenty-ninth Conference of Parties (COP29), Liberia has been appointed as the Co-Lead for the Subsidiary Body of Implementation (SBI) Agenda Item 18, which focuses on Matters Relating…
October 31,2024 – The Liberian delegation at the Conference of Parties (COP 16) in Cali, Colombia, led by EPA Executive Director Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has issued a strong appeal for the operationalization of the Global Biodiversity Fund.Speaking during…