Category: Environment
Eco Camp: Youths Take Centre Stage To Tackle Climate Change
Eco Camp: Youths Take Centre Stage To Tackle Climate Change By Tracy Ohovwore Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), in collaboration with The Young Environmentalist Network (TYEN), hosted a three-day camp exercise from December 4th to 6th, 2024, in Benin City, Edo State, to mark “The Youth Environmental Assembly.” To address the challenges that have…
HOMEF Trains Environmentally Impacted Communities on Just Transition.
HOMEF Trains Environmentally Impacted Communities on Just Transition. ….educates community members on just energy transition ….restrategizes measures to build community resistance By Tracy Ohovwore Igobiaye and Gelegele community members in Edo state were educated on just energy transition. The training is titled“Community Dialogue on Just Energy Transition and the Use of Cultural Tools to Build Resistance.”…
CSO Groups Address COP29 Stance On Climate Issue, Insist On $8trn Climate Reparation
CSO Groups Address COP29 Stance In Climate Issue, Insist On $8trn Climate Reparation. …advocating for a better climate …help vulnerable nations and raise hopes. By Tracy Ohovwore and Katherine Abayomi The alarming rate of climate change and the disproportional release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere has risen to a level of concern. This gave rise…
SSBs And Climate Change: A Symbiotic Relationship
SSBs And Climate Change: A Symbiotic Relationship …Experts Revealed By Katherine Abayomi Health and climate experts have identified the sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) industry as a major driver of the climate crisis. At a webinar titled “SSB and Climate Change: Climate Cost of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,” organized by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), they warned…
300 Ogoni Women Sensentized on Property Rights and Ownership.
300 Ogoni Women Sensentized on Property Rights and Ownership. Katherine Abayomi In observance of 16 days of Activism, Lokiaka Community Development Center held a day sensitisation training for Ogoni Women on the right to Inherit Family property. The Event gathered over 300 Ogoni women from the four Local Government Areas—Khana, Gokana, Eleme, and Tai. It…
Nigerian Food Festival; Call for Preservation of Nigerian Foods.
Nigerian Food Festival; Call for Preservation of Nigerian Foods. Stella Peters The Nigerian Food Festival brought laughter and renewed hope for preserving Nigerian foods, seeds, and culture. The event, organized by the Health of Mother Health Foundation (HOMEF), celebrated identity, tradition, and the diversity of Nigeria’s culture. In his welcome address, Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, executive…
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…