Authors: Raymond Ofagbor and Joel Odili. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Last year, the Conference of Parties (“COP 28”) took place in Dubai, UAE, featuring conversations and a renewed commitment to lay the ground work for a swift, just and equitable transition from …

In Nigeria, the escalating food shortages, marked by rising prices and decreased availability of agricultural products, are palpable.  Yet, many Nigerians remain unaware of how their everyday actions contribute to this growing crisis. The impact of climate …

Samburu governor Lati Lelelit (second right) receiving a dummy cheque of Sh 10 million from officials of the Northern Rangelands Trust led by carbon credit project director Dr Mohammed Shibia (center) on February 28, 2024 in Maralal town. The money is …

Packaged and sold as an alternative way to mobilising the increasingly diminishing climate finance in a win-win compromise or wooing private sector investment in climate change mitigation, carbon markets could be the new Band-Aid solution to climate change …

Following the delivery of two million barrels of crude oil as part of the requirements for its takeoff, the Dangote refinery will steam to an historic start in early 2024.  The gigantic petrochemical project, which sits on a 6,180 acre land at the shores …

… resilience); and compensating Africans for not undergoing the … takeovers: Gabon, Niger, Sudan, Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso. The … system would replace the Kyoto Protocol’s binding provisions. As … Western donors – which West African military regimes may briefly …

Every year the world uses 4 billion tonnes of cement to make the concrete that goes into buildings and other infrastructure. It leaves a huge carbon footprint, and comes with other costs too. Civil engineering professor Elsabe Kearsley, who researches …

As delegates gear up for the climate change summit this week, Nigeria and other African countries are seeking just transition pathways that strengthen the global climate response in the context of sustainable development and operationalise equity in …

Although concerted efforts have been made, Nigeria is still seen as a carbon-dependent economy. Many businesses still run on generators, in addition to other practices that harm the environment. A low-carbon economy, experts note, is a system that tries to …

… emerged from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which created a range … carbon markets accessible for West African countries to make sure … Agortimevor, a Ghana-based coordinator for trans-Africa civil society … should be solutions by Africans for Africans, not solutions by …