In this SoE session, the following topics will be treated: Understanding technologies: traditional, modern, post-modern; New and emerging technologies: implications for Africa and Africans; Geoengineering: fiddling with the planetary thermostat; Technofixes: solution or threat?; Introduction to the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ 4IR and the new techno-grab for Africa; Sky, sea and land grabs; Sustain-able innovative solutions […]
The world environment day is celebrated annually towards the protection and preservation of the environment. The theme for 2022 is “Only One Earth”
World Ocean Day
Niger Delta Convergence
Background The world currently battles climate change and for that there is a growing list of solutions such as climate smart agriculture, sustainable agricultural intensification and carbon capture, carbon offsetting (rather than cutting emissions at source) promoting plantations etc Some of these solutions have dire implications for local communities and ecosystem balance and thus must be […]
Background The world currently battles climate change and for that there is a growing list of solutions such as climate smart agriculture, sustainable agricultural intensification and carbon capture, carbon offsetting (rather than cutting emissions at source) promoting plantations etc Some of these solutions have dire implications for local communities and ecosystem balance and thus must be […]
In July (27-28) we will be interrogating the Blue Economy concept and its implications for local livelihoods, environmental quality, inclusive decision making and Re-Source Democracy. The session will also review threats to marine ecosystems and examine ways of monitoring and protecting them.
To promote global awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and to highlight the need for wholesome food.
2023 General Elections and the Quest for a Greener Nigeria We notice that while the well-being of the environment is a critical factor in a nation where most citizens depend directly on it for their existence, and climate change, pollution, and deforestation are daily threatening the capacity of the earth to function optimally, this issue has not been […]
Impacts of climate change on communities are taking unprecedented dimensions in ways that further escalate the vulnerability of these communities, posing challenges to responses and possible recovery. This challenge has been worsened by the operations of extractive industry whose pollution further compounds the problems. Agriculture and food industry has also been hit by the changing […]