By Chijioke Okoronkwo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a Pan-African position articulated and promoted by leaders of the continent on global Net-zero emissions target by 2050-2060, will further advance quest for a just energy transition. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in…
Partnerships: Impacting Africa beyond COVID-19 pandemic to achieve SDGs
By Fabian Ekeruche, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the United Nations (UN) adopted the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in 2015, it did not prefigure that a devastating COVID-19 pandemic will emerge few years later to become a clog in the…
Group calls on stakeholders to embrace climate-smart agriculture
The Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) has called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to reduce climate change impact on agribusiness with climate -smart agriculture (CSA) approach. CSA is regarded as an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural development under the…
National Youth Council to Partner Asteven Energy Institute, BlueCamel to Empower Youths On Renewable Energy
In the bid to empower Nigerian youths and deepen access to renewable energy across the country, Asteven Group and Bluecamel Ltd, has rolled out a nationwide training programme for youths across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)…
Africa and Nigeria must wake up to emerging technologies.
Emerging technologies in the areas of genomics, artificial intelligence, automaton, and block chains are driving new forms of extraction and re-ordering African society, economics and ecosystems with similar disruptive shocks to previous colonization waves. Due to the weak or no…
Human behaviour critical to environmental conservation, preservation – Chevron
By Fabian Ekeruche The Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., Mr Richard Kennedy, says that human behaviour is critical to the preservation and conservation of the environment for a better future. Kennedy said this at the 20th edition of Chief Lawal…
Environmental sustainability experts seek more effective policy on e-waste
Some environmental sustainability experts on Friday, July 1, 2022, urged governments to put in place efficient systems to enforce regulations that would eliminate e-waste in the country. The experts made the call at Students Sustainability and E-waste Awareness Programme (SEAP) held at the…
Asteven Energy Institute obtains approval to offer Diploma degree in Solar Energy Technology
To partner with Renewable Energy Associations in Nigeria First Innovation Enterprise Institute in Solar Energy Technology approved by NBTE To offer National Innovation Diploma degrees to Students The Asteven Energy Institute, a wholly owned indigenous subsidiary of the Asteven Energy…
NDC Partnership provides developing countries with enhanced financing tools to ramp up implementation of climate measures
Developing countries will access new climate funding and finance tools to address climate change, thanks to a Finance Strategy launched by the NDC Partnership in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, launched the new Strategy with…
We need ‘cohesiveness’ in our infrastructure delivery mechanisms, says Oshodi
“The tie-end that would pull a project or infrastructure together still has not been properly sorted out. We are not there yet. We are still at the basic level of initial project execution and immediately after everybody goes their way.…
