Category: Climate Change

SEO Riders: – UNFCCC‑TEC highlights AI’s power to drive mitigation & adaptation in vulnerable nations. – Urgent need to close digital divide, improve data governance, and ensure ethical AI deployment. – Recommendations include building green‑AI infrastructure, local capacity, inclusive policy frameworks, and global cooperation. A new UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) technical paper, launched at…

Seo Riders: – Nigerian legal advocates promote climate justice by training female lawyers in litigation tools. – NEITI launches climate accountability framework targeting extractive industry emissions and disclosures. – Calls rise for ecocide laws, ICC action on environmental crimes and holding polluting corporations responsible Environmental experts in Nigeria are increasingly turning to climate litigation as…

SEO Riders: – Community-led resilience initiatives bolster Nigeria’s adaptation under the Climate Change Act. – Youth, farmers, and NGOs scale up tree planting, sustainable agriculture, and flood monitoring. – National bodies integrate grassroots voices into NDCs, adaptation plans, and climate finance strategies. In a coordinated push to strengthen climate resilience, several Nigerian NGOs, universities, and…

SEO Riders: – Funding supports nature-based solutions, climate-smart farming, early warning systems, and water security. – Tailored, science-led projects expected to benefit more than 3.5 million people on climate frontline. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has sanctioned over US $120 million to finance three major adaptation projects in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania, with the UN Environment…

SEO Riders: – Activists urge COP30 to triple renewable capacity and fully phase out fossil fuels. – Calls for ‘Indigenous peoples’ inclusion in plenary and leaders’ segment. – Push for climate finance justice and binding North‑South funding commitments. During this week’s climate negotiations in Bonn, a coalition of climate justice and civil society groups from…

SEO Riders: – COP29 president warns top lenders are retreating from climate finance commitments. – Developing nations need $1.3 trillion/year by 2035; current pledges only $300 billion. – Only AfDB and IDB responded; pressure mounts on World Bank and IMF to re-engage. The COP29 presidency, led by Mukhtar Babayev, has expressed deep concern that major international financial…

SEO Riders: – Environmentalists decry omission of climate policy amid roaring wildfires in Canada. – Communiqué offers vague nods to emission cuts and coal phase-out with major loopholes. – U.S. President Trump’s presence and exit seen as pivotal in silencing climate aghenda. At the 51st G7 Summit held in Kananaskis, Alberta (June 16–17, 2025), global…

SEO Riders: – GFANZ launches Caribbean Chapter to mobilize private capital for climate action. – Combined US, Afreximbank, IDB, CARICOM funds set to drive resilience and green growth. – Private-sector climate finance programs backed by GCF, USAID, and regional development banks. The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has launched a dedicated Caribbean Chapter,…

SEO Riders: – Nigeria allowed slight emissions rise, but must expand renewables to meet 1.5 °C targets. – Africa must phase out coal by 2034; Nigeria needs over 50 GW wind and solar by 2030. – Renewables shift would create more jobs and spur GDP—calls for major global finance push. Climate Analytics has released updated analyses mapping…

SEO Riders: – Nigerian-led summit aims to deliver tangible climate resilience measures. – Over 3,000 participants to finalize investment-focused climate strategies. – Aligns with UN and AU goals for sustainable development and green growth. The second Africa Climate Change Summit is scheduled for July 8–11, 2025 in Abuja, with a renewed commitment to drive actionable climate…