Three years after “Environmental Genocide,” Bayelsa’s recovery fund remains unbuilt and pattern is spreading
In 2023, a four-year investigation into oil pollution in Bayelsa State returned a verdict stark enough to make headlines worldwide: environmental genocide. Three years...
How Decades of Drought, Deforestation, and Policy Gaps Fuelled West Africa’s Climate Crisis
The severe riverine floods threatening 15 Nigerian states and disrupting the broader West African region are not isolated incidents. They mark the culmination of...
High Flood Risk Threatens Lagos, Cross River, 13 Other States as ECOWAS Parliament Demands...
Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) Director General, Umar Ibrahim Mohammed, has issued an urgent high-risk flood alert for 15 states across the federation. The...
Climate Heatwaves Threaten Hawaiian Humpbacks as Marine Food Web Collapses
2013‑16 Pacific “blob” cut whale numbers, new study warns of cascading impacts.
How Historic US –Venezuela Oil Deal Threatens Global Climate Goals
$100 bn investment to tap 65 bn barrels revives fears of deforestation, spills and repression
Wetlands or Estates? The Land-Use Trade-Off Fuelling Nigeria’s Floods
When floodwaters swept through pockets of Lagos in July, disrupting commerce and traffic for days, the immediate cause was heavy rainfall. A growing body...
Climate Volatility Threatens Global Water Security as Over Half of River Basins Face Abnormal...
Extreme Hydrological Shifts Straining Global River Basins, UN Weather Agency Warns
More than half of global water catchments experienced abnormal river discharge over the past...
Endangered Dolphins Defy Death in Bangladesh’s Toxic Buriganga
Rare river dolphins are still spotted thriving in one of the world’s dirtiest urban waterways.
UNEP Warns 1.5°C Overshoot Inevitable Without Urgent Emissions Cuts
Human-induced global warming is approaching 1.4°C above pre-industrial levels, with observed surface temperatures rising at approximately 0.25°C per decade. Current operational forecasts indicate a...
Earth’s Natural Systems Are Accelerating Global Warming, Scientists Warn
A landmark study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that natural carbon cycles are collapsing into self-reinforcing feedback loops. Driven by sustained fossil fuel...