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REGISTER TO ATTEND NATIONAL PRE-COP25 CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

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National Pre-COP 25 Workshop in Nigeria (PHOTO: CSDevNet) As part of the build-up to the COP25, the Nigerian Civil Society Framework on Paris Agreement and SDGs (NCSFPAS) coordinated by Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), the National platform for Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), affiliate sector-based networks, thematic groups, members and partners are organizing a Pre-COP25 meeting and Climate Week of Action. The upcoming 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) is scheduled to hold between 3rd and 13th December 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Participants are expected from 196 countries including the European Union and conversations will be centred on achieving tougher, more concrete and realistic plans to enhance country-specific Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 2020, with a view to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and to net zero emissions by 2050. Major expectations from the meeting and the Climat
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CSDevNet ORGANIZES PRE-COP25 AND CLIMATE WEEK OF ACTION

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CSDevNet Nigeria Organizes Pre-COP25 and Climate Week of Action (PHOTO: CSDevNet) As part of the build-up to the COP25, the Nigerian Civil Society Framework on Paris Agreement and SDGs (NCSFPAS) coordinated by Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), the National platform for Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), affiliate sector-based networks, thematic groups, members and partners are organizing a Pre-COP25 meeting and Climate Week of Action. The upcoming 25th Conference of Parties (COP 25) is scheduled to hold between 3rd and 13th December 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Participants are expected from 196 countries including the European Union and conversations will be centred on achieving tougher, more concrete and realistic plans to enhance country-specific Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 2020, with a view to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and to net zero emissions by 2050. African countries such
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ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: TWO NIGERIANS PARTICIPATE IN JICA’S TRAINING ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Group photo of participants with Mr Fujita Two Nigerians – Adiza Ujo and Adesuwa Obasuyi – have been selected for the Knowledge Co-Creation program (KCCP) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is implemented as part of the Official Development Assistance Program of the Government of Japan.  The training program is titled Enhancement of Solid Waste Management Capacity (Advance, Planning and Policy) and will hold from October 21 to November 16, 2019. The program aims at strengthening human and institutional capacity for sustainable solid waste management (SWM), especially in the field of raising social awareness, environment education, and promotion of 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle) and is mainly designed for local government and/or regional government who are in charge of solid waste management, central government and governmental agencies which support local and regional government for improvement of solid waste management, and other organizations su
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Location: Japan
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REFLECTIONS AS NIGERIA MARKS 2019 INTERNATIONAL E-WASTE DAY

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E-waste is defined as electrical and electronic devices ranging from household devices such as air conditioners, cell phones, computers, printers, refrigerators, radios, televisions, to industrial appliances, which have been discarded by their users.  Annually, 20 – 50 million tonnes of e-waste is generated globally and the International Telecommunications Union estimates that 52 million metric tonnes will be generated by 2021 with just 20% recycled. Nigeria currently generates over 290,000 tonnes of e-waste, a 170% increase from 2009.  As global population increases, the demand for electrical and electronic equipment in the industrial, commercial and household sectors also increases, consequently leading to exponential growth in generated e-waste. At the end-of-life phase and with less than 20% recycling rates globally, these equipment end up being burned, illegally traded, dumped, landfilled or treated in a sub-standard way and due to the toxic and hazardous characteris
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Location: Abuja, Nigeria
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WORLD CLEAN-UP DAY 2019: VOLUNTEERS CLEAN UP JABI MOTOR-PARK, JABI, ABUJA AND CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PUBLIC PLACES

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Group picture of the participants at the Jabi Motor Park (Photo: Mr Bona) September 21st each year is a day set aside for worldwide action on the solid waste problem and it is tagged World Cleanup Day.   The day’s activities include clean-ups, awareness creation and sensitization among people in rural and urban areas in various parts of the world.  Statistics gotten from Let’s Do It World’s social media handle revealed that over 169 countries participated in this year’s World Cleanup Day and over 20,000,000 participants actively took part in the cleanup. Nigeria was not left out, as major cities such as Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kaduna, and over 20 others joined in one of the largest civic actions in the world.  Some of the major organizations that took part in this year’s clean-up exercise in Abuja, Nigeria, were Pick That Trash, Let’s Do It Nigeria Campaign, Junior Chamber International (JCI), EcoBarter, SustyVibes, Sustainable African Cities and Commun
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OXFAM’S 2019 GLOBAL STRATEGY FORUM: PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE

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Group Photograph of Participants at Oxfam's 2019 Global Strategy Forum (Photo: Oxfam) Oxfam International convened its Global Strategy Forum from 16th - 18th September, 2019, at Nairobi, Kenya. The forum brought together approximately 120 people which included activists, experts and Oxfam staff to contribute expertise and experience and have debates that will inform the organization’s next global strategy and to shape its future.  Using a thinking environment approach, the objectives of the forum were: to reflect on a number of transformative scenarios and other strategic inputs developed across Oxfam’s global network; debate the potential implications for Oxfam’s future ability to have transformational impact; and propose strategic options, priorities and pathways for Oxfam as a framework for its next 10-year global strategy.  The organizers constantly stated that they were excited to see every one of us and were particularly eager to hear what the externals
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MY TRIP TO ONDO STATE FOR A REDD+ PROJECT ON CAPACITY BUILDING AND ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD TRAINING

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Participants in front of Fadama Hall, Ondo State Ministry of Natural Resources According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO (2018), deforestation continues at an alarming rate, an estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest, roughly the size of Panama is lost each year globally. The annual rate of deforestation in Nigeria is 3.5%, approximately 350,000 - 400,000 hectares per year. Deforestation is Nigeria is going on at an alarming rate and is largely unchecked.  Some factors that contribute to deforestation and forest degradation are unresolved land tenure issues, inefficient forest law enforcement largely due to corruption, high level of poverty and little or no inclusion of forest dependent communities and local communities, and weak governance. Upon enquiries, I was also told that a huge part of the problem is that state governments give targets to and put a lot of pressure on the Forestry Departments in their respective stat
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