Climate Change

Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Dr. Mahmood Mohammad Abubakar, has called on nations across the globe to give the climate change phenomenon the attention it deserves, stressing that it is a threat to world peace and development. Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Dr. Mahmood Mohammad Abubakar Speaking on Monday, December 9, 2019 during a side-event organised by the Islamic Development Bank on ...

After the first week of activities, delegates to the ongoing UN climate summit (COP25) in Madrid, Spain are taking stock on the negotiations. L-R: Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Hoesung Lee; Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez; Chile’s Environment Minister and President of the COP, Carolina Schmidt; United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres; and UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Patricia ...

President of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, who is attending the UN Climate Change Conference from December 9 to 11, 2019 will call on Member States, the international community, the private sector and civil society to use the momentum set by the General Assembly High-Level Week, the SDG Summit and the Climate Action Summit to ...

As the 25th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered its fifth day on Friday, December 6, 2019, representatives from a global coalition delivered a call to governments to hold polluting industries liable and make them pay for the damage they’ve knowingly caused and for real climate solutions. Greenhouse ...

The Association of Small Island States (AOSIS), a coalition of 44 countries that are among the most vulnerable to the climate crisis, and youth climate strike leaders from across the Caribbean and Pacfiic joined together on Friday, December 6, 2019 at the COP25 climate talks in Madrid, to demand that major emitters and rich countries do more to meet the ...

As part of Nigeria’s activities at the ongoing the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) holding in Madrid, Spain, youth delegates from Nigeria will on Thursday, December 5, 2019 host a side event themed: “Understanding Climate Finance: A roadmap for African Youths”. Youth representatives with the Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor The aim of the forum is to focus ...

The Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commenced its 25th meeting this week. The conference, which was initially billed to hold in Santiago in Chile, got shifted to Madrid, Spain when popular protests made it impossible for the government to go on with hosting the event at home. The logo of the ...

European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, wants to line up €100 billion ($111 billion) of investment between 2021 and 2027 to help slash the EU emissions. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission “We are working towards an aspirational target,” she announced in Brussels on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. The funds are to come from the European ...

The world is facing “a challenge of civilisation” in the global attempt to mitigate climate change, Pope Francis said in a message on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 to the UN climate summit (COP25) holding in Madrid, Spain. Pope Francis “We are facing a ‘challenge of civilisation’ in favour of the common good and of a change of perspective,’’ the Argentine ...

The government of Nigeria has put forward youth representatives to be a part of the official delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) holding in Madrid, Spain from December 2 to 13, 2019, under the Chilean presidency of the Government of Chile. It is expected that Nigeria will have increased outcomes from the negotiations at the global summit. Nigerian ...