By: Akinde Oluwaseun I was in Addis last week. Africa Climate Week. The air thick with urgency. At the Cities Lab, we sat in a circle—mayors, activists, planners, funders. No suits. No scripts. Just real talk. One thing hit hard: cities know what to do. They’ve always known.But no money. No power. No seat at…
By: Akinde Oluwasun Okay, so Nasarawa State is doing something. A big tree planting campaign. They kicked it off Wednesday. Across all 13 local areas. The goal? Fight climate change. Sounds important, right? Governor Abdullahi Sule said it’s about more than just trees. Greener pastures. Better living for folks. He’s all in with the Federal…
By: Akinde Oluwaseun The warning is blunt. Thousands of Scottish homes, sitting in the shadows of rising seas and swollen rivers, may never see the flood protection they were promised. Why? Leadership tangled. Funding short. A system that watchdogs now call “not fit for purpose.” The numbers hit hard. Four hundred thousand households could be…
By: Akinde Oluwaseun Imagine a builder in Lagos wiping sweat from his brow, the sun beating down like a furnace. That’s the new normal, and the World Health Organization just put it in black‑and‑white. In a joint report with the World Meteorological Organization, WHO says millions of workers are now battling heat stress that isn’t…
By: Kehinde Kenku In 2016, fresh out of my NYSC year, I moved into a mini flat with my siblings in Akesan, Igando. Living in Lagos on your own is no joke — the responsibilities pile up quickly — but we made it work. A few months in, I noticed something odd: LAWMA (Lagos Waste…
By: Kehinde Kenku So, here we are. Nigeria, standing at the edge of something new. Carbon credits. It sounds technical, maybe even boring. But it’s not. It’s about money. It’s about land. It’s about people. And, honestly, it’s about the future. Let’s back up a bit. In 2021, the government passed the Climate Change Act….
