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The Society for Planet and Prosperity, in partnership with the Department of Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment, and the African Climate Foundation, invites you to the launch of the Subnational Climate Governance Performance Rating and Ranking of Nigeria’s 36 States, Third Edition (SGPRR3.0) Report. The report will present the…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity in collaboration with the Secondary Education Board(SEB), Abuja is set to organise a two-day interactive climate education event for teachers and students from 40 schools across Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) The trainings, scheduled to take place on 3rd and 4th March, 2026, will…

Energy and climate policy experts suggest that Nigeria could achieve a more effective energy transition by adopting a realistic, data-driven, and economically sustainable approach, as current plans for decarbonising the oil and gas sector may face significant challenges. The President of the Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), Professor Chukwumerije Okereke,…

Abuja, Nigeria — 12 February 2026 — The Federal Republic of Nigeria has officially launched the Nigeria Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) Fund Programme, a two-year initiative designed to assess the economic risks and opportunities associated with Nigeria’s evolving energy landscape and to develop policy options that support economic…

The two-year Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) Fund Programme in Nigeria supports Nigeria’s economic diversification beyond oil and gas, in the context of evolving global energy transition dynamics. Led by the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, and implemented by APRI…

The second edition of the Subnational Climate Governance Performance Rating and Ranking (SCGPRR) assessed climate governance across Nigeria’s 36 states, with 36 authorised respondents completing the survey (75% male, 25% female; only 3% under 35 years). Lagos, Katsina and Kaduna emerged as top performing states scoring 315, 310 and 300…

The Centre for Climate Change and Development (CCCD) at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, in partnership with the Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI) in Paris, under the Ukama Network, in collaboration with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) has successfully hosted a workshop on…

At the Implementation Lab on Cities at the ongoing Africa Climate Week in Addis Ababa, I joined the session and we reflected on the fact that cities are always at the frontline of the climate crisis, yet they also hold the solutions. Therefore, to unlock the full potential of cities,…

The abiding vision of COP30 is the Global Mutirão. This concept, birthed by the Brazilian COP30 Presidency, recognises the need for collective action built brick by brick from the local to the national, the regional, and the global. Mutirão therefore places its feet firmly on the grounds that nothing concrete…

The UNFCCC’s Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2025 is in full swing at the Addis International Convention Centre (AICC). Participants from all over the world have gathered to hold conversations centred on moving beyond ambition to implementation. Although relatively different from the city-wide nature of the London Climate Action Week and…