BY Deborah Bodunde
Climate change directly affects our communities, health, and livelihoods. Yet, media coverage often prioritises politics and business over climate-related stories, leaving crucial environmental news underreported.
Climate Watch seeks to bridge this information gap, ensuring that important climate change stories and mitigation efforts never slip under your radar.
Here is a round-up of last week’s climate stories:
A report by ActionAid International on September 18 has revealed that the fossil fuel and industrial agriculture sectors, which contribute to the climate crisis, are benefiting from public subsidies in the global south. The organisation said the fossil fuel and industrial agriculture sector received an annual average funding of $677 billion across developing countries from 2016 to 2023. The report found that the fossil fuel sector has been receiving an annual average of $438.6 billion—65 percent of public subsidies in the global south countries in seven years. Find out more here.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and its joint venture (JV) partner, First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (FIRST E&P), have unveiled the afforestation, livelihood enhancement, and carbon sequestration (ALEC) initiative. NNPC and FIRST E&P partnered with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) to launch the initiative, which targets 11 coastal communities in Bayelsa state. The companies said the project aims to tackle the pressing issues of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate change while simultaneously enhancing the socio-economic well-being of local populations. Read more here.
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