The Global Summit on People-Centered Clean Energy Transitions, took place at the International Energy Agency headquarters (IEA) in Paris on April 26, 2024. The summit represented a remarkable gathering of governments, labour, business, and community leaders, Indigenous voices, and youth representatives from all over the world, who engaged in vital discussions about the most pressing socio-economic […]
Media’s Impact on Environmental Advocacy Celebrated During Press Freedom Day
On May 3, 2024, World Press Freedom Day was commemorated with a special focus on the critical intersection of journalism with environmental challenges. The event, organized by the US mission in Nigeria, brought together prominent speakers and media professionals to discuss the indispensable role of journalism in confronting environmental crises. The panel discussion emphasized the […]
G7 Countries Task IRENA to Monitor Group’s Renewable Energy Progress
Today, G7 leaders tasked the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) with tracking and monitoring the group’s collective contribution toward the global renewable triple target by 2030. The target was established by the UAE Consensus last November at COP28, aligning global climate ambitions with IRENA’s 1.5°C pathway, mapped out by the Agency’s World Energy Transitions Outlook. […]
Nigeria is well-positioned to power the Clean Energy future of Europe and the world with its high-grade lithium deposits, Tinubu
Tinubu said that Nigeria has confidence in itself and that the confidence Nigerians gave him the courage to take difficult decisions on their behalf
Africa needs $1 trillion to fund ambitious single electricity market
Africa needed to raise $1 trillion to achieve Africa Union’s flagship project for an African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM) by 2040, Amani Abou-Zeid, the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the AU Commission, said yesterday. Amani Abou-Zeid was talking on the sidelines of the 14th Assembly of International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) convention last week […]
Climate Action Africa Announces Inaugural Climate Action Forum 2024
On Friday, March 22, 2024, Grace Oluchi Mbah, the co-founder and executive director at Climate Action Africa, announced the launch of the Climate Action Africa Forum 2024 (CAAF24). With a profound sense of purpose and a deep acknowledgment of the pressing challenges posed by climate change, the Forum aims to galvanize collective action towards safeguarding […]
LIDA Network Hosts X Space to Educate the Public on Financial Freedom
To educate Nigerians on how to sail through the shackle of economic hardship in the country, given the current inflation figures at 29.90% , LIDA Network organized a webinar on financial freedom in a bid to help citizens identify alternative means to grow and preserve their earnings… In recent times in Nigeria, the path to […]
LIDA Network Trains Journalists on Impact-Driven African Stories
LIDA Network, Kenya, last Saturday, February 17, trained African journalists on how to tell impact-driven African stories and elements not to miss out on while telling such stories. The webinar, which took place on Google Zoom and was themed “Telling Impact Driven African Stories: Elements Never to Miss Out,” was facilitated by an award-winning journalist, Kunle […]
Nigeria Records Success at COP28
THE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION OF NIGERIA, THE AFRICAN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK AND SOLARGE INTERNATIONAL BV ANNOUNCE THE INTENTION TO MANUFACTURE LIGHTWEIGHT SOLAR PANELS WITH AN ULTRA-LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT IN Nigeria
Loss and Damage Fund Pledges Hits $456M as COP28 Kicks off in Dubai
This L & D fund purse which has been on the conversation table since the 1990’s finally reached a significant milestone on the first day of COP.