(Ganta, Nimba County, December 3, 2024)– The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia has awarded its Gbarpolu County inspection team a cash prize of $1,000 and a certificate of recognition for their outstanding performance in enforcing environmental laws in 2024.…
(Ganta, Nimba County-December 2, 2024): The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the Environmental Governance Project, has launched a two-day training workshop for environmental and mining inspectors. The workshop, taking…
Monrovia, Liberia – Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, the Executive Director of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency, has called on affluent nations to enhance their climate change mitigation efforts, labeling the $300 billion climate finance pledge announced during COP29 in Baku,…
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…
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…