OLADIMEJI SOLOMON (Lead Writer) – “Our Climate is Changing…. Why Aren’t We?” — Vanini Aggarwal, a 15-year-old telling climate stories by young people in Nigeria. Children make up 51% of the 223 million people in Nigeria who are disproportionately impacted by climate change. They are often the first to be affected by climate change...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Surveyor-General, of Adamawa State, Pwavidon Simon, has said that for the persistent farmer/herder clashes which have led to the loss of several lives and properties across the country to be tackled, Governors must expand grazing routes. He said that the grazing routes...
Access Bank Plc has secured a 75 million dollars facility from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to support climate change measures in Nigeria. The bank disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Citi, a preeminent banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs, a global leader...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is working in collaboration with the United States Department of States and international management consultancy firm, Deloitte, to meet its net-zero carbon goals by embarking on a project aimed at reducing the emission of methane and other greenhouse gases from its...
Having seen the impacts of climate change on rural farmers and rural settlements, we appeal to climate researchers and environmental activists to raise their voices in pushing advocacy and campaigns for climate justice and resilience actions. The campaign is most fundamental because we have seen climate change becoming a...
Patron Board of Trustees Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), Hon. Sam Onuigbo, has said it is crucial for Nigeria to accelerate its adoption of renewable energy to mitigate climate change. Onuigbo, a former federal lawmaker said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Multi Stakeholders National Consultative...
A Davos report, published on Tuesday said climate change threatens to cause several million deaths in the coming decades, as well as serious illnesses and high costs for healthcare systems. According to the joint report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) the greatest risk is posed by flooding....
It is no longer news that the debate on climate change is among the most presently discussed topics on the earth’s surface. Making this perceived climate change challenge look alluring was the recent news report that to tackle the problems, the World Bank Group has committed about $70...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Community Advocates for Rural Development has issued a cautionary alert to Nigerians on the indiscriminate tree cutting and its adverse consequences on human health and the environment. The Executive Director of CARD, Habiba Ajufoh, stated this in an interview with journalists...
King Charles III on Friday urged participants at the COP28 climate conference to take swift and resolute steps to protect the planet, in an impassioned call for action. The British monarch in Dubai said the world’s hopes rest on heads of state and government as he expressed a...
Between Nov. 30 and Dec. 12, global attention will shift to the magnificent city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as world leaders, climate change activists and environmentalists converge on the city for the 28th edition of Conference of Parties (CoP28). The conference will bring together stakeholders...
The 28th session of the Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opened on Thursday in Dubai, with a call to accelerate collective climate action. The conference is taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a year climate scientists said...
The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the Global Fund), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen health systems in countries of the Global South. This is contained in a statement issued by the World Bank Online Media Briefing Centre on...
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said the developed countries must honour the promise of 100 billion dollars a year in climate finance. He said they must also deliver a clear plan on how they would meet their commitment to double adaptation finance to at least 40 billion dollars...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As Federal Government’s emergency on food security continues to gain traction, experts in animal science have waned that climate change is posing a great challenge to the country’s agricultural yield. Speaking at the at 12th Animal Science Association of Nigeria, ASAN,...
Pope Francis on Wednesday demanded urgent action against climate change and frowned at the lack of focus on the existential threat by politicians, businesses and deniers. In a new Apostolic Exhortation, the head of the Catholic Church said that our warming planet is one of the greatest...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says “humanity has opened the gates to hell’’ with extreme weather having horrendous effects on the global population. Guterres said this on Wednesday as a broad global coalition of “movers and doers” politicians, business and civil society gathered in New York for the...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, says the Tinubu administration is prioritising Climate Change interventions to address the menace of desertification, coastal erosion, and flooding in the country. Shettima, in a statement by Mr Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, on Thursday in Abuja, said the...
Autolady Engineering Technology Limited is set to train 1000 technicians and non-technicians nationwide on converting petrol vehicles to gas-powered engines to mitigate climate change and rising fuel price. This is contained in a statement issued by Ms Joyce Daser-Adams, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the firm, on Saturday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state on Monday announced the creation of Climate and Renewable Energy Advisory Council as well as the establishment of a Carbon Tracking Research unit at the Osun State University. While delivering his speech at the World Environment Day program...