Category: Environment
Recovering our Taste Buds
Recovering our Taste Buds Welcome words by Nnimmo Bassey at HOMEF’s Food Festival held in Benin City on Tuesday 26 November 2024 Food plays a critical role in the life of any community or nation. Food is at the centre of our cultures. Agricultural and food systems generate songs, dances, drama and other art forms…
COP29 and Climate Geopolitics
COP29 and Climate Geopolitics By Nnimmo Bassey* As COP29 dragged into overtime the expected climate finance target of at least $1.3 trillions of dollars shrunk to an offer of $250 billion per year from 2035. After much bickering the rich countries decided to raise its offer from $250 billion to $300 billion. This does not indicate that…
African CSOs, Others Protest At COP29, Reject Climate Debt Swap, Seek Debt Cancellation
African CSOs, Others Protest At COP29, Reject Climate Debt Swap, Seek Debt Cancellation Katherine Abayomi Climate activists from the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition in collaboration with the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Eurodadd, Latindadd, Debt Justice UK and Recourse, in Baku on November 21 2024 have held a peaceful…
President Tinubu’s Remembrance of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8 Does Not Address Justice Concerns
President Tinubu’s Remembrance of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8 Does Not Address Justice Concerns On Monday, 11 November 2024, President Bola Tinubu through his media aide released a statement honouring the memory of Ogoni leaders including Ken Saro-Wiwa who were killed in 1995 for leading the fight for ecological justice in Ogoni and the…
COP 29: Environmental Activist Demands Payment of $6 Trillion Climate Debts
COP 29: Environmental Activist Demands Payment of $6 Trillion Climate Debts By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt The ongoing Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, has about 198 member countries to discuss challenges of climate change and other ecological issues facing the world, a renowned Niger Delta environmental rights activities, Dr. Nnimmo Bassey has called…
HOMEF Calls for Decisive Climate Action as COP 29 Approaches
HOMEF Calls for Decisive Climate Action as COP 29 Approaches Urges Radical Reforms to Address Systemic Inequalities and Climate Injustice Stella Peters Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) convened a critical webinartitled “The Emission Gaps and the Road to COP 29.” The webinar broughttogether environmental experts, activists, and public interest lawyersto discuss urgent issues surrounding…
HYPREP to Award Scholarship to 300 Postgraduate Ogoni Students
HYPREP to Award Scholarship to 300 Postgraduate Ogoni Students By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt A scholarship scheme instituted by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) would support the academic work of three hundred Ogonis. The scholarship which is under the Educational Support Programme of HYPREP is for postgraduate students already studying for their Master’s and…
No Nice Word for Genocide
No Nice Word for GenocideWelcome words by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF, at the International Oil Pollutionand Just Transition Conference held at Abuja on 30 October 2024 This conference comes at a pivotal moment in the socioecological history of Nigeria. Extractivism and accompanying pollution have wreaked extensive damage in our national life’s physical, socioeconomic, and cultural…
CSO Faults Energy Transition Plan Over Lack of Community Input
CSO Faults Energy Transition Plan Over Lack of Community Input By Uko Etim, Uyo A Civil Society Organisation, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation, has criticised the Energy Transition Plan (ETP) for failing to gather concerns from impacted communities, particularly in Niger Delta, before its implementation. The Director, Partnership and Development, Yar’Adua Foundation, Mr. Amara Nwankpa, made…
NGO Trains Rivers Fishermen on Environmental Monitoring, Reporting
NGO trains Rivers fishermen on environmental monitoring, reporting As part of deliberate effort at safeguarding the environment, a non-governmental organization, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has trained fishermen in Wakrike axis of Rivers State on how to monitor their environment and check for pollution and other environmental dangers. The trainning which was held at…