The campaign is most fundamental because we have seen climate change becoming a major threat facing rural farmers in Nigeria.
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This statement was made by an Award-winning Cinematographer/ Director, Samson Simpa, during an Africa Community Hangout.
A representative of the Foundation, Emmanuel Owan, reiterated this in Calabar on Saturday.
In order to appear as protecting the interests of Africa and third world economies, the advanced and industrialised capitalist countries, through the multilateral organisations they control, came with the idea of climate finance support for African countries and other low income countries, who cannot bear the cost of climate change adaptation and mitigation. Therefore, they present Africa as a beggar continent to be helped, while they are benevolent nations. This is not different from existing arrangement in global political economy, where third world, whose economies have been plundered for decades, are presented with token, not as a compensation, but as a gift to ameliorate their backwardness. However, several research works have shown that these so-called supports end up worsening the already bad conditions of African countries.
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has announced significant strides in the realm…
The Adamawa Government Friday started a two-day sensitisation and interactive workshop on climate change, for 250 traditional rulers in the State.
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, is seeking to ramp up global support for greater climate finance commitments at the Africa Climate Summit, taking place 4 to 6 September in Nairobi, Kenya.
Nigeria has been on the forefront of an international advocacy questioning the planned defunding of gas projects as one of the moves towards achieving net-zero emissions. Now, the continent-wide Africa Development Bank, AfDB, has thrown its weight behind the clamour during a meeting last week between Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and a delegation of the bank. So also did a team of US experts recently in a widely published article.
The event which held in Lagos recently was put together by Seagull Band, one of the five bands of the Carnival Calabar at a symposium titled: “An evening of lecture and stage presentation of the Seagull winning theme of the 2016 Carnival Calabar” edition which dwelt extensively on climate change and the need for an affirmative action to manage the environment on a sustainable basis.