Kaduna State: Tracking Climate Change-related 2025 Capital Budget Expenditures
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje The Kaduna State government introduced climate budget tagging in its 2025 budget. A total of N113.33 billion (14.3% of the State’s total budget) was allocated to climate change related expenditure. Out of which, climate change mitigation got N59.86 billion and N53.47 billion going to adaptation. The Civic Impact For Sustainable Development […]
World Wetlands Day 2025: Climate Activist Gloria Kasang Bulus Urges Global Action to Protect Vital Ecosystems
February 2, 2025 – As the world observes World Wetlands Day, climate change activist Gloria Kasang Bulus is calling for urgent action to protect wetlands, which she describes as “one of the planet’s most valuable yet threatened ecosystems.” This year’s theme, “Wetlands: A Global Treasure,” underscores the critical importance of wetlands not only as biodiversity […]
KADUNA STATE: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MATTERS ARISING.
Recently, Mustapha Ahmed, the Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the 2022 flood disaster was unprecedented in the history of Nigeria, and 2023 would not be different. He appealed that the seasonal climate predictions and annual flood outlook released by NiMet and Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency (NIHSA), should be acted upon. Furthermore, the […]
Kaduna Earmarks N118.8 Billion For Tree Planting
In its bid to encourage afforestation, the Kaduna State Government has earmarked N118.8 million for state-wide tree planning in the 2022 budget. The copy of the budget obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Monday showed that the amount was part of the N3.1 billion allocated to the Ministry of Environment and […]
Plastics, bane of environmental hazards in Nigeria
KADUNA, North-West, Nigeria – Through analysis and comparison of the raw materials that go into the packaging of different light or single used plastics, it can be determined whether certain materials are necessary or if they can be replaced or eliminated altogether in order to decrease the environmental hazards of these products. According to Dilthey, […]
Earth Day: Obaseki restates commitment to recovering Edo forest belt, enlists private sector in new drive
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has restated his commitment to restore the forest belt in the state with support from private investors as part of the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP). The governor said this in commemoration of Mother Earth Day, celebrated yearly by the United Nations and its agencies. According to him, […]
World Planting Day: Group Plant Seed Of Peace & Happiness For Better Tomorrow
A head of world international planting day which is equally (world forestry day) 21th march 2021, Teku international farm and Foundation for the protection of women and children in conjunction with African climate reporters has embarked on sensitizing the general public on the importance of trees planting in their Houses ,schools, markets ,motor parks, places […]
Global heating made Hurricane Dorian bigger, wetter – and more deadly
We know that warm waters fuel hurricanes, and Dorian was strengthened by waters well above average temperatures Michael Mann and Andrew E Dessler The Bahamas, for those who live there, is simply a place to call home. For many Americans, it’s a dream vacation spot. But Hurricane Dorian turned that dream into a nightmare. And the worst part is […]
Hothouse Earth: here’s what the science actually does – and doesn’t – say
Richard Betts, University of Exeter A new scientific paper proposing a scenario of unstoppable climate change has gone viral, thanks to its evocative description of a “Hothouse Earth”. Much of the media coverage suggests that we face an imminent and unavoidable extreme climate catastrophe. But as a climate scientist who has carried out similar research myself, I am aware that […]
Why Youths Should Drive Actions To Mitigate Climate Change
Experts have continued to harp on the importance of engaging all strata of the society and enhancing cooperation needed to tackle the looming threat of climate change. The impact of climate change is life-threatening and is being felt on health, through air pollution, heat waves and risks to food security. Climate change is real and […]