The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN)   and Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR) said that Environment,   Social and Governance sustainability in workplaces is necessary in tackling the increasing problems of climate change in the country and globally.

By Victoria Ojeme The United Kingdom government has donated £200 million to the African Development Bank (AfDB) in climate finance for African countries. The Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the funding pledged at COP27 in Egypt will help deal with severe drought and floods across the continent. Speaking alongside African leaders at an event at […]

By Efayomi Carr The impacts of environmental  change on agricultural production, food security, and water resources will progressively inhibit sustainable development in Africa over the next few decades. While home to 15 per cent of the world’s populace, Africa is liable for just four per cent of carbon emissions around the world. Of the seven […]

Climate change has remained a complex puzzle for the world since industrial era; World Health Organization (WHO) identified it as the biggest threat to global health in the 21st century.

Climate justice civil society groups in Africa have issued a position paper urging governments of Africa attending the COP in Glasgow to advance climate solutions that will build resilience of African communities with a view to demonstrate commitment for the continent’s fair share of global climate change action.

Given the global climate crisis, in 1992 governments created the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC COP

By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Ebun Sessou Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly called on relevant authorities on the need to protect Eti-Osa, Ibeju-Lekki, Badagry, Lagos Island and other affected shoreline communities from imminent catastrophe caused by ocean surges in the areas. Consequently, the House of Assembly called on the state Governor, Mr Babajide […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that despite the monumental challenges posed by climate change, the coming decade anchored on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), offers great opportunities for socio-economic transformation. Professor Osinbajo stated this in a message delivered at the closing of the 2021 Conference of African […]

More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change. But scientists say that’s only a sliver of climate’s overall toll — even more people die from other extreme weather amplified by global warming such as […]

By Ike Uchechukwu Calabar The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, IPCR, has asserted that climate change as an environmental challenge can lead to humanitarian emergencies as well as crises in form of forced migration from thier natural habitat. Director General of IPCR, Dr. Bakut Tswah Bakut, made the assertion while speaking on ‘Climate Change […]

Nigeria and the UK have had a troubled history. Nearly a hundred years of resource extraction and colonialism has left its mark on both our countries. Now, Nigeria and the UK are bound by the Commonwealth, an alliance which has been described as a “family” by British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

The Director, Climate Change and Environmental Planning, Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Bankole Michael, has said Lagos State 2021/2022 budget preparation has catered for gender-based climate action.

Mass mobilisations and marches happening across the globe make these times very interesting. From the United States to Europe, Asia and Africa people are saying enough is enough and demanding an end to global systemic injustice.

Former United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has joined world leaders to sue for peace in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is threatening to plunge the world into struggles with conflicts over territory and resources, religious and racial discord, and the collapse of family values, and climate change, among other challenges.

Over 300 African and international organisations and individuals, on the platform of the African Climate Justice Group, have signed a statement calling on African governments and institutions to respond urgently to the climate, health and COVID-19 crises facing Africa.