Monthly Archives: June, 2023

CSOs create awareness, task media on advocacy to achieve net zero emission

A consortium of civil society organisations (CSOs) comprising the Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st), International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) and Connected Advocacy...

Group expresses concern over spate of Shell oil spills in Nigeria

Oilwatch Africa, a not-for-profit group seeking to stop the expansion of fossil fuel extraction activities, has expressed reservation over the recent spate of oil...

Church Commissioners, Church of England Pensions Board announce fossil fuel disinvestment

The Church Commissioners and Church of England Pensions Board have announced they will independently disinvest from fossil fuels in 2023 as the Church of...

World Council of Churches endorses call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

At the meeting of the World Council of Churches chief governing body in Geneva from June 21-27, 2023, faith leaders formally endorsed the call...

Climate change: Women plant 5,000 trees in 220 schools in Kaduna

Some women in Kaduna State have begun planting of 5,000 trees in 220 primary and secondary schools, as part of environmental sustainability strategy to...

Unleashing financial power for environmental conservation in Nigeria

The environmental challenges faced by Nigeria are vast and intricate, given the country's substantial population and diverse ecological zones. Issues ranging from deforestation, desertification,...

The climate crisis is biting and African editors cannot sit aloof

The month of June 2023 has recorded devastating infractions in the weather, with attendant havoc in communities and environments in Africa. Downpours in various regions...

CSOs call for robust legislation to regulate pesticides, chemical inflow

Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the Federal Government and legislators to take action and make a robust legislation to regulate the...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...