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…
Monrovia, Liberia – The Government of Liberia has taken a transformative step in its environmental journey by signing a Letter of Engagement (LoE) with the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN). This landmark agreement signifies Liberia’s commitment to participating actively in…
Liberia has moved to fast track its accession to nuclear safety treaties, after IAEA experts helped prevent a radiological incident from shutting down the country’s main hospital. In May 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia reached out to the…
Cali, Colombia – October 24, 2024 –The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo, has participated in a pivotal dialogue on biodiversity and health, organized by the Government of Colombia, the UN Environment Program (UNEP),…
(Cali, Colombia, October 24, 2024) – Dr. Emmanuel Urey-Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), actively engaging in his first high-level discussions at the 16th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), taking place…
Monrovia, Liberia (October 23, 2024) – The Government of Liberia, through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has reached out to Civil Society Organizations and the donor community to announce the publication of the long-awaited National Solid Waste Management Policy (NSWMP)…
Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency has taken a first step to curb the air pollution that is killing and sickening Liberians. The Agency has instituted a mandate that companies operating in the country must install sensors to monitor the quality of…
Monrovia – The Government of Liberia has validated the much-anticipated National Solid Waste Management Policy, in line with the Unity Party’s ARREST agenda. The validation took place on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency…