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Nigeria’s $337bn Climate Plan Faces Funding Test as FG Inaugurates Steering Committee

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2026

Nigeria’s ambition to cut emissions by 32 per cent by 2035 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2060 will require an estimated $337 billion in financing over the next decade, putting pressure on the Federal Government to mobilise investment and translate climate commitments into measurable

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Professor Akanji Urges FG to Adopt Climate Law Provisions for Persons with Disabilities

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2026

A Professor of Industrial and Security Education at the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan, Professor Tajudeen Akanji, has called on the Federal Government to adopt provisions of the United Nations Climate Change Act, 2021, particularly those addressing the special needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs). Professor Akanji, who is also a […]

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Nigeria Must Convert Climate Crisis Into Green Jobs, Investment

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2026

…Stakeholders seek private capital, local technology, resilient infrastructure Nigeria must move beyond treating climate change as an environmental challenge and begin converting its climate financing needs into green jobs, investment opportunities and sustainable economic growth, stakeholders at the Climate Change and Circular Economy Africa 2026 conference have said. The

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Climate Change Is a Human Rights Crisis, NHRC Declares

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2026

…Unveils National Action Group The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has declared climate change a growing human rights emergency in Nigeria, warning that rising temperatures, devastating floods, prolonged droughts and climate-induced displacement are stripping millions of Nigerians of their fundamental rights to life, food, shelter, health and dignity. In a