Kenya has announced its readiness to host the Seventh Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), positioning itself as a leading environmental voice on the continent and a key driver of global action on climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Speaking at a media briefing in Nairobi, the country’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Dr. Deborah Barasa, said Kenya would
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I was born in 1985, and since then, the world has gone through four major shifts: the arrival of the internet, the rise of smartphones, the dominance of social media, and now the sweeping reach of artificial intelligence. With the first three, the pattern was familiar. The more time you spend online, the more you feel the need to step
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While headlines at COP30 focused on energy transition and adaptation funds, aviation quietly emerged as one of Africa’s most strategic climate battlegrounds. For African states, air connectivity is not a luxury; it is economic lifeblood. Yet new global decarbonisation standards risk raising ticket prices and compliance costs. Nigeria’s delegation held bilateral talks with Brazil and the UAE on SAF supply
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As COP30 enters its second week, global support for establishing a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) Roadmap is accelerating at remarkable speed. A new analysis from 350.org and partners shows how what began as a single call for action has rapidly grown into a powerful push to anchor a fossil fuel phase-out at the heart of the emerging Mutirão Pact”. Last
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Ministers attending the Global Methane Pledge Ministerial at COP30 have called for urgent and coordinated global action to curb methane emissions, following the release of a new report showing progress but warning that the world remains off track to meet the 2030 methane-reduction target. The Global Methane Status Report, launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and
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African negotiators at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, called for dedicated aviation climate finance windows to prevent developing countries from being locked out of the global net-zero transition in air transport. Speaking at a high-level side event on sustainable transport, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said aviation decarbonisation must not become “another compliance burden that widens inequality.”
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Belém, Brazil. The city at the mouth of the Amazon River is humid, stormy and charged with urgency as tens of thousands gather for COP30. For many African climate innovators, this is not just another conference. It is a test of whether global climate promises can finally translate into real opportunities for real people. Belém carries its own reminders of
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The ambitious goal of mobilising USD 1.3 trillion in climate finance for developing countries by 2035 received significant international support at the first meeting dedicated to the implementation of the Baku to Belém Roadmap. Held at the ongoing COP 30 in Belem on Saturday, the meeting saw a consensus among nations and institutions that political will and cooperation are essential
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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.
