Category: Climate Change

SEO Riders: – Nigeria’s NDC 3.0: stronger climate plan, net zero by 2060 – UN praises Nigeria’s inclusive clean-energy strategy – What Nigeria’s updated NDC means for jobs and green investment Nigeria has formally submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) under the Paris Agreement to the UNFCCC Secretariat as of September 22, 2025.…

GreenEarth Conservation Impact and Awareness Initiative (GECAI), led by Fatai Ilesanmi, has called on the Nigerian federal, state, and local governments to adopt and enforce more robust policies on environmental protection and climate action. The NGO, which focuses on raising awareness and fostering sustainability, emphasizes that climate and environmental threats affect communities differently, often hitting…

SEO Riders – Nigeria’s Fairaction Charity Foundation Shortlisted in Prestigious Global Climate Competition – Citizen Science Category Highlights Community-Led Innovation for Climate Resilience – Finalists to Vie for €15,000 Prize and Spotlight at COP30 in Brazil The Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) has selected Fairaction Charity Foundation, a Nigerian nonprofit, as one of 20 global…

SEO Riders – HEDA Equips Journalists & Creatives to Turn Climate Reports into Impactful Stories – Four-Day Virtual Training Unveils Tools to Amplify Climate Justice Narratives – Engaging Data, Art, and Digital Media to Mobilize Communities and Hold Leaders Accountable The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) is hosting a four-day, free virtual…

SEO Riders – Nigeria Receives Just 4% of Required Climate Finance – Tracking Budgets Could Empower Local Adaptation – Report Proposes Climate Finance Hub and Grant-Based Funding A new report—“The State of Climate Finance in Nigeria”, produced by Oxfam in collaboration with Connected Development (CODE) and INKA Consult—reveals that Nigeria receives only around 4% of…

SEO Riders: – Germany approves draft law for CO₂ underground storage – Carbon capture pipelines and offshore storage roadmap – CCS enabled for cement, lime & aluminium industries Germany’s federal cabinet approved a pivotal draft law on August 6, 2025, marking a major shift toward legalising underground carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage. The legislation lays the…

SEO Riders: – Niger Delta community climate justice demands – Environmental remediation and climate justice Niger Delta – Niger Delta communities call for climate accountability Communities across Bayelsa and Delta States in the Niger Delta have united to demand concrete action on climate change, including development of functional waste-management systems, greater access to clean water,…

SEO Riders: – Tangier forum African cities climate action – Carbon‑neutral urban development in Africa – Tangier Declaration green economy cities The Regional Green Economy Forum (RGEF) 2025, held in Tangier, Morocco under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI, convened over 500 delegates including mayors, youth activists, policy makers, and business leaders to shape the…

SEO Riders: – Africa Climate Summit 2025 – Financing Africa’s resilient green development – Africa-led climate solutions and finance The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), set to convene from September 8 to 10, 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme “Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient and Green Development,” is designed to assert Africa’s…

SEO Riders: – Landmark ICJ ruling affirms states’ binding legal duties to curb greenhouse emissions. – Non-compliance may constitute an internationally wrongful act under customary and human rights law. – Civil society empowered with stronger legal precedent to pursue climate litigation and accountability. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous advisory opinion on…