For decades, Jankara Market, Iso Arobo, popularly known as Oniparo Market, in Oranyan area of Ibadan, Oyo State, has quietly played a unique role in Nigeria’s circular economy. While many Nigerians may not be familiar with the market, traders from across the country and even neighbouring West African countries know it as the largest hub for secondhand Nigerian-made clothing. Every
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The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD COP17, has advanced a new global framework for tackling drought, with the unveiling of innovative financing mechanisms and the world’s first Drought Resilience Index. The initiatives, announced on Monday at the ongoing conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, are aimed at helping vulnerable countries
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About 30 mayors, governors and other local and regional leaders have adopted the Ulaanbaatar Declaration, calling for stronger local action on sustainable land management, drought resilience and land restoration. The declaration was adopted at the UNCCD COP17 Mayors’ Forum, held from August 20 to 22 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where more than 200 participants from over 30 countries gathered to discuss
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Nigerian organisations working on waste management, plastic pollution and the circular economy have been trained on how to document and communicate practical solutions to environmental challenges in their communities. The capacity-building workshop was organised under the Zero Waste Stories Bank Phase II Project, an initiative of B.Inspired with Stories from Africa (B.ISA), a storytelling organisation based in Accra, Ghana. The
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Delegates from 196 countries and the European Union have converged on Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, for the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, with governments and stakeholders seeking stronger action and financing to tackle land degradation, drought and water scarcity. The two-week conference, which opened on Monday, is bringing together governments, financial
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Nigeria’s elephant population has fallen to an estimated 400 animals in the wild, placing one of Africa’s most important ecosystem engineers at growing risk from habitat loss, illegal ivory trade, human-wildlife conflict and insecurity, conservationists have warned. The warning came ahead of World Elephant Day, marked annually on August 12, during a virtual media engagement organised by Wild Africa and
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FactCheckAfrica (FCA), with support from the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) Sustainability Grant, has organised an election information integrity workshop to equip journalists, newsroom editors, bloggers and other information stakeholders with the skills to identify, verify and counter information disorder ahead of the 2026 Osun State governorship election. The one-day workshop, themed “Preparing Osun Citizens and Information Stakeholders: Gathering 70 Newsroom
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Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre and Africa’s fastest-growing megacity, generates thousands of tonnes of municipal solid waste every day. Managing this enormous volume of waste requires more than routine collection; it depends on resilient infrastructure capable of ensuring that refuse moves efficiently from neighbourhoods to treatment, recycling and disposal facilities. Recognising this challenge, Zoomlion Nigeria Limited has intensified its collaboration
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
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As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
Dare Akogun is a media innovator, strategic communication professional, and climate and energy transition journalist with over 11 years of impactful contributions to the media industry.
