By: Abudu Olalekan Wednesday. New York. Humid. Sticky. The air felt heavy. Like the whole world was holding its breath. UN Secretary-General António Guterres stood at the podium. His voice sharp. “The science demands action,” he said. “The law commands it. The economics compel it. And people? They’re screaming for it.” Applause cut off fast….
By: Abudu Olalekan The streets are burning. Not with fire – with fury. From New York to Nairobi, Berlin to Belem, hundreds of thousands are marching this week. Their demand? Simple: Stop killing our planet. This isn’t just another protest. It’s a global scream for survival. Why Now?The numbers don’t lie: 600+ actions across 90+…
By: Abudu Olalekan The rain came in sheets. Streets turned to rivers. In Bali, 45-year-old fisherman Wayan stood ankle-deep in murky water, staring at his flooded home. “Last year, the water rose to my knees. This time? It took my boat,” he said. “What’s next?” The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has an answer: more….
By: Abudu Olalekan The water is poison. Fish are dead. Children play near pipelines that leak toxic sludge. In the village of Bodo, Mary Ekpe remembers when the rivers teemed with life. Now, her nets come up empty. Her grandchildren have never seen a healthy fish from the waters their ancestors fished. “We drink this…
By: Abudu Olalekan Brussels. Thursday. Ministers are sweating — and not just from the late summer heat. They’re fighting over numbers. Big ones. The kind that could define Europe’s climate future. An internal note, seen by Reportersroom, lays it bare: EU nations are split. Deeply. On 2035 emissions targets — the next big step under…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria’s climate investment is in the spotlight, and it’s not looking good. The country only invested 19% of the $4.928 billion it received between 2015 and 2021. That’s a staggering amount of money, but the results? Not so impressive. Stakeholders are raising eyebrows, and rightly so. The report, “The State of Climate…
