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If Nigeria is to win the war against climate change and secure a sustainable future for its citizens, both living and unborn, it must immediately review its current strategy and shift its fight from the glasshouses in Abuja, the country’s capital, where most climate talks are usually held, to the…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has made history by becoming the first environmental NGO in Nigeria to voluntarily publish its 2024 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report—sending a bold message that climate accountability must begin with those who preach it. Led by renowned climate scholar Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, SPP’s…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) recently took a bold and unprecedented step by publishing its 2024 Greenhouse (GHG) Emissions report. I consider this as good innovation and I wish all institutions can be made to do same. Given the current circumstance where organisations still hesitate to quantify and…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has convened a high level meeting with State Commissioners of Environment and Climate Change, under the auspices of the “Conference of Commissioners of Environment and Climate Change”. This initiative continues SPP’s commitment to strengthening subnational climate governance by building technical capacity, fostering collaboration,…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP)inaugurated a Review Panel on July 8, 2025, to review the methodology and scoring matrix for the forthcoming second edition of the Climate Governance Performance Rating and Ranking of Nigeria’s 36 states The Review Panel was carefully invited to provide advisory on the methodology…

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has signed a strategic partnership with the Ambassadors of Dialogue, Climate and Reintegration (DCR Ambassadors) to promote climate education and awareness across Nigerian states with focus on North East starting from Adamawa state as a pilot state. The climate education and awareness project…

Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, President of the Society for Planet and Prosperity, will be speaking at the Nigeria Climate Change Forum 2025, themed “Accelerating the Transition Towards a Net Zero Future in Africa”: 📅 Date: January 28-29, 2025 📍 Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Nigeria 🔗 Register: https://nigeriaclimatechangeforum.com/ Prof. Okereke is a distinguished…

Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, SPP President, speaking at the Nigerian Pavilion at COP29 Azerbaijan, on SPP’s work reviewing Africa’s NDCs and LT-LEDs, and examining what could be done on their implementability and Alignment.

SHORT-TERM RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY Prof Chukwumerije Okereke is looking for experienced researchers to work with him to conduct scoping studies on a number of areas pertaining to global climate governance, equity, just transitions, and low-carbon development in Africa. Please get in touch if you have demonstrable experience publishing in any of…