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The Society for Planet Prosperity (SPP) in conjunction with GCA Capital Partners is organising a webinar on “The role of Climate Change Act in Catalysing Climate Finance in Nigeria”. The aim of the webinar is to share experts’ opinions on different ways through which the National Climate Change Act, of…

The Society for Planet Prosperity is seeking expert input and opinion on the top 10 net zero measures for Nigeria and their sustainable development co-benefits. The top ten measures to net-zero project is aimed at identifying 10 key steps and decisions that if taken in the next 5 years will…

Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, Prof. Chuwumerije Okereke, says climate change will cost Nigeria $460 billion by 2050, if action is not taken to mitigate its effects. Okereke made the disclosure on the sidelines of the ninth international Lagos Climate…

The Director Centre for Climate Change and Development Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, has advocated close collaboration and synergy among the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), government and other key stakeholders to ensure a just transition to green energy delivery in Nigeria.…

Chinedu Nwasum The Director of Centre for Climate Change and Development Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke has promised to partner with youth led climate change and environmental organisations to conduct massive climate education programmes that would touch every part of the country for the next 5…

The President, Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) and Director, Centre of Climate Change and Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, Nigeria (AEFUNAI), Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, was guest speaker in a webinar hosted by the Association of Sustainability Professionals of Nigeria (ASPN) on February 24 as part of the…

Nigeria and the UK have had a troubled history. Nearly a hundred years of resource extraction and colonialism has left its mark on both our countries. Now, Nigeria and the UK are bound by the Commonwealth, an alliance which has been described as a ‘family’ by British Prime Minister Boris…

Nigeria was among the 190 countries that submitted their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UNFCCC in the run up to the COP meeting in Paris in 2015. Nigeria’s INDC has since been subsequently converted into the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) following the country’s ratification of the Paris Agreement…

The International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) recently had Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, as their host in an enriching tweet chat on the role of young people in achieving the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The ICCDI is youth-led voice…