Despite global urgency over the worsening climate crisis, only 64 countries have submitted updated plans to cut carbon emissions ahead of next month’s COP30 Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil, according to a new United Nations report. The UN assessment reveals that while the new national pledges represent some progress, the collective efforts fall far short of limiting global temperature rise
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The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has announced that the first phase of its landmark Ogoni mangrove restoration project has reached 94 per cent completion, signaling a major step toward restoring the degraded ecosystems of the Niger Delta. The HYPREP Project Coordinator, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, disclosed this during the third-quarter interactive session with Ogoni youth groups held in Port Harcourt,
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As Nigeria intensifies efforts to build climate resilience ahead of COP 30 in Brazil, the Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) has taken a bold step toward closing the climate literacy gap in Nigerian schools through its Climate Champs Flashcards Project, sponsored by Green Protocols. The project, which ran from August to October 17, 2025, trained 26 teachers across Abuja
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Indigenous and traditional communities across the tropics will soon benefit from a landmark financial mechanism that rewards their role in protecting the world’s rainforests, as the Tropical Forest Forever Fund (TFFF), a new US$125 billion global climate finance facility, is set for official launch at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, with an estimated $800 million annually earmarked for Indigenous peoples. The
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Nigeria has called for a $1 trillion annual climate finance fund for developing nations, emphasizing the urgent need for equitable global financial systems to address the growing burden of climate change, debt distress, and economic instability in the Global South. The call was made by the leader of the Nigerian delegation, Dr. Umar Ahmed Dunoma, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
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Financing aviation decarbonisation is emerging as one of the most contentious issues ahead of ICAO Aviation Climate Week 2026. While developed countries are investing billions in hydrogen propulsion research and next-generation aircraft technology, African carriers are still grappling with high operational costs and currency volatility. The ICAO Finvest Hub, expected to feature prominently at the Montréal summit, aims to unlock
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Three decades after the landmark 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, the global community will reconvene this time in Doha, Qatar, from November 4 to 6, 2025 for the Second World Summit for Social Development, under the theme “Accelerating Social Progress and Inclusion for a Sustainable Future.” The Summit, convened by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolutions
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Nigeria is intensifying efforts to secure climate finance and strengthen its clean energy transition as the country prepares for COP-30, the Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Mrs. Omotenioye Majekodunmi, has said. Speaking to DA News after returning from the just-concluded African Climate Summit 2 in Addis Ababa, Majekodunmi noted that the $100 billion financing pledge announced
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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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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
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