At Rio’s Earth Summit, another chance to take action to address hunger and climate change passes us by. Friday marked the end of the Rio +20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Given the low expectations...
The High-level Panel on Global Sustainability has released a report, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A future worth choosing. Containing 56 recommendations, the report is aimed at guiding...
No matter where you go to check the news, you’re probably used by now to hearing all about the financial crisis. Governments across Europe are slashing their budgets and we’re told the age of...
My name is David Habba and I Occupied Nigeria!As a young person growing up in Nigeria, I have had to endure pain and hardship. I have gone to bed hungry, not because I am fasting but simply because I...
In Benue state where I live, everyone is up and doing because the harvest is here. This poem captures the moments in the food basket state. Enjoy it. Season of plenty We have forgotten the...
If you look into the news about COP17, there are two main issues in the agenda: the second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol and the issue of Finance. But in the corridors and outside the...
Rich countries are showing little political will to agree to second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol at the upcoming Durban meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....
What is the function of governance, what purpose is it expected to serve? Are we not supposed to be beneficiaries of the common good, the reason why any government exists in the first place? Of what...
Nigeria could be losing millions in tax dollars every year because of subsidiaries registered abroad by multinational companiesActionAid research released this Tuesday shows that 98 of the FTSE 100...
