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A respected subnational climate change leader and conservation champion, Yakubu Kolo, has provided reflections on Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0) and how states hold a central role in both design and implementation, calling for access to finance for states. He made this call at the National Stakeholders’ NDC 3.0…

Umar Saleh Anka Year 2025 will mark the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and its mandatory requirement that Parties must develop and implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The NDCs are nationally determined plans put together by each country outlining the actions needed to…

On Wednesday, 27 August, 2025, Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change will bring together stakeholders from across the country to the “National Validation Workshop of Nigeria’s NDC 3.0.” The NDCs, as most of us know are series of national commitments under Article 4.2 of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change,…

As a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Nigeria has shown commitment to meeting its obligations by submitting its first and second Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The NDC is not merely a bureaucratic exercise; it is the benchmark by which the world collates and tracks…

From September 1 to 10, 2025, leaders from Africa, experts in climate change, practitioners from the private sector, members of civil society, youth leaders, donors and development partners, as well as representatives from UN bodies and various multilateral organizations will convene in the historic Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa for…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has released a scoping paper titled “On the Road to COP30 and Beyond: Developing an Effective NDCs-LT-LEDS to Guide Africa’s Sustainable Development.” The paper examined the continent-wide landscape of Africa’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS), assessing ambition,…

If Nigeria is to win the war against climate change and secure a sustainable future for its citizens, both living and unborn, it must immediately review its current strategy and shift its fight from the glasshouses in Abuja, the country’s capital, where most climate talks are usually held, to the…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has made history by becoming the first environmental NGO in Nigeria to voluntarily publish its 2024 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report—sending a bold message that climate accountability must begin with those who preach it. Led by renowned climate scholar Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, SPP’s…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) recently took a bold and unprecedented step by publishing its 2024 Greenhouse (GHG) Emissions report. I consider this as good innovation and I wish all institutions can be made to do same. Given the current circumstance where organisations still hesitate to quantify and…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has convened a high level meeting with State Commissioners of Environment and Climate Change, under the auspices of the “Conference of Commissioners of Environment and Climate Change”. This initiative continues SPP’s commitment to strengthening subnational climate governance by building technical capacity, fostering collaboration,…