Climate change is one of the defining issues of our age. Nigeria is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and this situation calls for an urgent action to reduce the impact of climate change and ensure that…
Pan-African coalition ‘ll advance just energy transition — Osinbajo
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…
Newly Appointed Minister pledges commitment to healthy environment
The newly appointed Minister of State for the Environment, Mr Udi Udom, has expressed his commitment to contribute to the on-going efforts to secure a quality environment. Udom said that environmental issues deserved a prominent response in national development,…
Stakeholders Set To Hold Policy Dialogue To Strengthen Nigeria’s Health Security
By Sylvester Onoghase Against the backdrop of how countries including Nigeria were particularly affected and caught unprepared for a pandemic of the speed and scale witnessed by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the leading advocacy health platform, Nigeria Health Watch,…
SPP, CCCD, GECCI To Engage Civil Society Leaders On Climate Change Law
The Society for Planet Prosperity (SPP), in collaboration with the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike (AE-FUNAI) Centre for Climate Change and Development (CCCD) and Global Environmental and Climate Conservation Initiative (GECCI), is hosting a virtual workshop for stakeholders in…
Ricoh rewards innovation: High school student awarded scholarship for invention to strengthen clean water access
17th annual Ricoh Sustainable Development Award winner recognized for water purification systems made from local plants Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced Muhil Thendral of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Md. is the winner of the 17th annual Ricoh Sustainable Development Award (RSDA) presented at…
BirdLife, AFR100 champion move to restore degraded forests across Africa
BirdLife Partners and other NGOs in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Rwanda are amongst the Top 100 Restoration Projects funded by TerraFund for AFR100, which recently announced its cohort of 100 local innovators and enterprises in 27 countries to deliver pioneering…
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…
Its time for the youths to stand up and save nature- NCF, Participants at 20th Chief S.L Edu Memorial Lecture
“It is up to the youths to start acting to save the earth. However, our responsibility as conservationists is to educate and make children aware of the nature from childhood so they grow with an affiliation to the earth". And…
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…
