Climate resilience: Towards making African nations disaster-free
Climate education must be included in the school curriculums, news platforms, social media spaces, and worship centers among others.
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Climate action vital to global security
COP28 must shift the world into higher gear. The EU is committed to pushing for the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels and all fossil-fuel subsidies
Climate change: Is Nigeria’s net-zero pledge credible?
“I do not think anyone in Nigeria needs persuading of the need for urgent action on the environment,” he said, adding: “For Nigeria, climate change is not about the perils of tomorrow, but what is happening today”. Then, he declared: “Nigeria is committed to net zero by 2060”!
5 years of climate leadership: The World Bank Group’s first climate action plan
And as countries embark on cleaner energy pathways and transportation, they should think through how to ensure a just transition for fossil fuel-dependent communities. “In order to effect a transition which is going to be successful we will have to find ways of mitigating the impact on people who work in the coal economy,” says Ranjit Lamech, Infrastructure Director for the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Region.
Bertrand Piccard at G7 to push ambitious climate action
The explorer and pilot of Solar Impulse has been selected by the French government as one of the representatives of civil society that will address the G7, calling for brave policies that will turn the tide in the climate crisis. Bertrand Piccard, who has long advocated for more ambitious climate policies thanks to financially profitable…