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The Department of Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Society for Planet and Prosperity, has launched a major climate education initiative aimed at strengthening environmental awareness across schools in Abuja. The initiative focuses on equipping teachers with the knowledge and tools needed to educate students about…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity in collaboration with the Secondary Education Board(SEB), Abuja is set to organise a two-day interactive climate education event for teachers and students from 40 schools across Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) The trainings, scheduled to take place on 3rd and 4th March, 2026, will…

Energy and climate policy experts suggest that Nigeria could achieve a more effective energy transition by adopting a realistic, data-driven, and economically sustainable approach, as current plans for decarbonising the oil and gas sector may face significant challenges. The President of the Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), Professor Chukwumerije Okereke,…

Abuja, Nigeria — 12 February 2026 — The Federal Republic of Nigeria has officially launched the Nigeria Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) Fund Programme, a two-year initiative designed to assess the economic risks and opportunities associated with Nigeria’s evolving energy landscape and to develop policy options that support economic…

The two-year Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) Fund Programme in Nigeria supports Nigeria’s economic diversification beyond oil and gas, in the context of evolving global energy transition dynamics. Led by the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, and implemented by APRI…

The second edition of the Subnational Climate Governance Performance Rating and Ranking (SCGPRR) assessed climate governance across Nigeria’s 36 states, with 36 authorised respondents completing the survey (75% male, 25% female; only 3% under 35 years). Lagos, Katsina and Kaduna emerged as top performing states scoring 315, 310 and 300…

The Centre for Climate Change and Development (CCCD) at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, in partnership with the Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI) in Paris, under the Ukama Network, in collaboration with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) has successfully hosted a workshop on…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) Project Lead / Senior Policy Analyst, Gboyega Olorunfemi has called for a focused leadership by regional institutions in strengthening Early warning Climate Resilience and Human Mobility Systems in West Africa. This call was made while speaking at the side event organised by the…

On 24-25 November, African and European leaders will meet for the 7th African Union-European Union Summit (AU-EU) in Luanda, Angola. In parallel, private sector representatives will discuss new avenues for investment and cooperation at the AU-EU Business Summit. A lot is happening on both continents with regard to green industrial policies,…

As global climate negotiations unfold at COP30 Belem, Brazil, one of the revelations that has caught media attention is that global GHG emissions are still rising and that the world may be headed for a 2.5oc temperature rise by the end of the century.  With the effects of climate change…