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…
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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…
IVLP Awardee, Prof. Okereke, trains 30 young climate leaders in Enugu
Prof Chukwumerije Okereke, an internationally recognized Climate Expert and an Awardee of the prestigious International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) Impact Award has trained over 30 youths in Enugu State on Urban Spaces Greening and Climate Advocacy. The two- day event,…
The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Joins the Global EverGreening Alliance to Promote Responsible Forest Management and Restoration
The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is pleased to announce its membership of the Global EverGreening Alliance (the Alliance) to promote responsible forest management and restoration The Alliance is a multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder platform working to address the global challenges of food…
Stakeholders explore strategies to advance climate change adaptation in Nigeria
Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI) and the Centre for Climate Change & Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Nigeria (CCCD- AEFUNAI), in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change (DCC), Federal Ministry of Environment Nigeria held a workshop to discuss…
Climate Change: Experts Decry Negligence Of ‘Vulnerable’ Local People In Intervention Efforts
The Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development Alex Ekwueme Federal University (AE-FUNAI), Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, has expressed dismay over the negligence of the local people in intervention efforts on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Nigeria. Prof. Okereke, who…
