Nigeria Climate Watch
Independent nonprofit newsroom advancing environmental and climate accountability while supporting a more resilient Nigeria.
Paper Promises, Rising Waters: Why Lagos Flood Governance is Still Failing
A city where water keeps winning In recent years, flooding has become a near-permanent feature of life in Lagos. From Lekki to Ajegunle, seasonal rains routinely submerge roads, homes, and businesses. Drainage channels overflow, traffic grinds to a [...]
Katsina Hands Control of Forest Reserve to Federal Government as Nigeria Confronts Deepening Forestry Crisis
Katsina State’s decision to transfer the Kogo Forest Reserve to the Federal Government has brought renewed attention to the fragile state of Nigeria’s forest sector and the limits of subnational control in managing shrinking forest resources. Governor Dikko [...]
A Trillion Dollar Ultimatum: UN Report Says Planet’s Health and Economy Require Unprecedented Overhaul
The latest Global Environment Outlook offers a stark warning and a lucrative roadmap, projecting that transformative climate action could yield benefits worth over 25 percent of global GDP by 2100, but the window for the world to act [...]