The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa, Nigeria Chapter, has engaged editors in the Nigeria media industry in an interactive session aimed at enhancing accurate science communication. The interaction, which held in Lagos, was supported by the African…
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Climate change: NGO tasks Abuja residents on tree planting
Joshua Creative Vision Development Foundation (CVDEF) an NGO supported by Christian Aid Nigeria has planted trees in some selected communities in Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to mitigate climate change. Karshi, a suburb within the…
7th ACT Foundation dialogue to engender sustainable development in Africa
The Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation is gearing up to host the highly-anticipated 7th ACT Foundation Breakfast Dialogue (BFD) on October 5th, 2023, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel in Lagos. The Breakfast Dialogue has become a marquee event, drawing luminaries…
Campus With A Conscience hosts a week-long UN festival
Innovation, inspiration, dedication and entertainment were just some of the key factors that brought a city together in a united effort to drive interest and action toward the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a wonderful display of…
IVLP Awardee holds tree planting exercise in Enugu State
International climate expert and leading advocate for climate action in Nigeria, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke has organized a climate education and tree planting exercise in Enugu State. The state tree planting exercise is one of the programmes mapped out for the…
AFRICA CLIMATE SUMMIT RELEASES NAIROBI DECLARATION & CALL TO ACTION
Revolutionary climate pact charts new path to strengthen collaboration Over US$26 billion climate finance commitments made at inaugural ACS ACS announces global gathering will hold on a biannual basis The Africa Climate Summit (ACS), co-hosted by the African Union…
Clean Air: Nigeria is facing severe health concerns from increasing air pollution – stakeholders lament
Call for State of Emergency on Air Quality Seeks Public/Private sector collaboration to combat air pollution Stakeholders attending a virtual meeting to commemorate the International Day of Clean Air and Blue Skies have lamented the unrelenting air pollution in Nigeria…
GCF: Executive Director, CSOs lament withheld climate action finance for Africa
Mafalda Duarte, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund has lamented the lack of commensurate will to mobilize climate action revenues for Africa. She made this assertion earlier today at an interactive dialogue to introduce herself and…
Youth Advocates present Africa Youth Climate Assembly Declaration to Ruto, Adesina
Africa’s youth biggest asset for the continent and the world, say Kenya’s President Ruto and African Development Bank’s Adesina Hundreds of young people from across Africa are demanding a significant role in decision making for climate action. Youth leaders,…
Nigeria takes action to monitor NDC’s implementation progress
Etta Michael Bisong, who attended an inception meeting in Abuja to gather stakeholders’ perspectives on how to track the implementation of Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), explores their perspectives and thoughts on how the country can successfully achieve this ambitious…
