Climate Change

AKOR SYLVESTER, Abuja The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal has assured the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adopted Land Use (WASCAL) of the  Federal Government’s commitment to build the capacity of Nigerians on climate change and energy transition. The Minister stated this while receiving the…

Nine years after the 2012 High Park Fire burned a stand of lodgepole pine that had been severely affected by the mountain pine beetle, lodgepole and aspen saplings were rebounding on this slope in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. A CSU-led study has found that forests are not regenerating…

The recent adjustment of the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight highlights growing concerns over global crises, including nuclear... Last month, a group of scientists announced that the famous Doomsday Clock has been moved  to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to signaling a human-made…

Kanwan Katsina participates at the World Radio Day Kanwan Katsina Advocates Expanded Radio Coverage as NUJ Celebrates 2025 World Radio Day The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Katsina State Council, joined the global community in commemorating the 2025 World Radio Day, themed “Radio and Climate Change: Amplifying Voices for a…

A recent study reveals a strong connection between three fossil fuel-based industries — oil and gas, plastics, and agrichemicals — and their use of social media to deny climate change and delay climate action. Energy, plastics and agrichemicals all rely on the same feedstock: fossil fuels. The biggest energy companies…

Mohammed Idris Malagi, Honorable Minister of Information and National Orientation World Radio Day: Minister Tasks FM Stations on Anti-Climate Change Advocacy World Radio Day is an international day set aside by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and celebrated on the 13th of February every year. It…

Drylands are the backbone of global agriculture, supporting 44% of the world’s farming. Yet, they are under siege. Climate change, land degradation, and water scarcity are transforming these essential regions into barren landscapes, threatening the ...Read More

Climate extreme weather Why Climate Change Sometimes Brings Major Winter Storms February 12, 2025 3:53 PM EST If the earth is warming, why are we still getting winter storms? Climate change is leading to shorter and warmer winters in North America, experts agree. But that doesn’t mean that winter storms…

By Chuks Oyema-Aziken The Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change and Director General, National Council on Climate Change Secretariat, Dr Nkiruka Maduekwe has identified carbon pricing as a cost-effective approach to reducing greenhouse. She stated this at the HYBRID Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on Carbon Pricing in Nigeria’s Telecommunication Sector in…

Greenpeace SystemShift podcast looks for answers and stories of justice, solutions, and alternatives, collaboratively showing how other ways are possible, through a decolonising, intersectional and hopeful point of view. Season three of this series will explore how we move from a world that serves the economy to an economy that…