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The Africa Climate Summit has brought together African leaders, with a goal of defining a shared vision for green development on the continent of 1.4 billion people ahead of the COP28 meeting in Dubai later this year. With climate change eating away at Africa’s GDP, a point highlighted by the…

Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI) and the Centre for Climate Change & Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Nigeria (CCCD- AEFUNAI), in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change (DCC), Federal Ministry of Environment Nigeria held a workshop to discuss and share knowledge about climate change adaptation in Nigeria. The…

The Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development Alex Ekwueme Federal University (AE-FUNAI), Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, has expressed dismay over the negligence of the local people in intervention efforts on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Nigeria. Prof. Okereke, who is also a Senior non-resident Fellow at APRI,  stated this…

Prof Chukwumerije Okereke in partnership with Society for Planet Prosperity, Center for Climate Change and Development AE-FUNAI and Eco-Cyclers is implementing the International Visitors Leadership Program Impact Award Project (IVLP) project funded by the United States Department of State. The aim of the project is to create awareness about the…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) in collaboration with the Center for Climate Change and Development, Alex Ekwueme University, Ebonyi State launched a nation-wide survey on sub national action  on climate change. The survey aims to collect stakeholders’ perspectives on the impact of climate change on Nigeria’s 36 states and…

An expert in Climate Change and Development, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, has hailed the contributions of Nigerian academics in shaping the country’s long term climate strategy. Okereke disclosed this in an interview in Lagos during the stakeholder consultation on Nigeria’s Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS). He said that, for the…

An expert in climate change and development, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, has called on the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise climate change. Okereke made the appeal in an interview on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Lagos. The don, who is the Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development, Alex…

We believe the current approach to framing, designing, and implementing energy transition plans and partnerships risks jeopardising long-term and sustainable just energy transitions across Africa and among the broader Global South. Current transition plans appear too narrowly focused on decarbonisation and global climate objectives, rather than looking to the broader…

By Chukwumerije Okereke Dr. Okereke is director of the Center for Climate Change and Development at Alex Ekwueme Federal University in Nigeria. Several environmentalists last year presented Africa’s leading climate negotiators with a bold idea: A technology called solar geoengineering could protect their countries from the worst effects of climate…