by admin | Oct 10, 2020 | news
Africa governments in September 2015 joined other world leaders to adopt a set of 17 global goals – otherwise known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to address the environment, social and economic challenges confronting them by 2030. And the Agenda...
by admin | Aug 23, 2020 | news
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development (ACCARD), has commence a series of grassroot programmes to build resilience of rural communities on COVID-19 recovery, climate change and flood management in the Niger...
by admin | Mar 3, 2020 | news
It is no longer news that climate change represents one of the greatest challenges of our time. The phenomenon has a devastating effect on the environment, leading to loss of livelihood, lifestyle, biodiversity, property as well as human lives. However, these impacts...
by admin | Jan 17, 2020 | news
Photograph from the 2-day Capacity Building Workshop for African Youths on Climate Funds and Proposal Writing, held from December 20 to 21, 2019 at S.K.D Sports Complex, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Liberia.
by admin | Jan 17, 2020 | news, programmes
Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have adopted a regional approach to address climate and environmental management in the region, in the light of lingering challenges like flooding, gas flaring, deforestation and water pollution. This milestone was achieved at the 2019...
by admin | Nov 19, 2019 | news
Stakeholders have called on Governors of the Niger Delta region to adopt regional approach and raise more awareness in climate management. This was part of resolution reached at a 3-days climate conference in Effurun, Delta state. The conference was packaged to find...
by admin | Oct 20, 2019 | news
The growing incidences of oil and gas facility explosion and spillages, with three occurrences in the last five months from April 2019, calls the activities of some of the companies operating in the Nigerian Niger Delta and regulatory agencies to question. According...
by admin | Oct 19, 2019 | news
University Dons, social and environmental rights activist and other resource speakers have expressed concerns over the huge gap in youth participation and contributions to nation building as well as, in environmental management, especially in Africa. This was the...
by admin | Oct 19, 2019 | news
Mr Freeman Elohor, Executive Director of ACCARD, asserted that Nigeria and Africa can achieve the desired development in terms of infrastructure, security and environmental only if the citizenry engage and participate actively in policy and development initiatives....
by admin | Oct 19, 2019 | news
Owing to the recent spate of oil spillages and gas flaring activities in the Nigerian Niger Delta region, government has been called upon to urgently overhaul the nation’s environmental regulatory agencies and their monitoring policies. The authorities have also been...
