We tend to be surrounded by numbers and statistics on carbon trajectories, rising sea level, and the current innovations in renewable energy sources. Nevertheless, the more I read about climate change, especially in the African setting, particularly in Nigeria, the more I am persuaded of a serious reality: climate change might be the main concern, […]
Every year, the global leaders comes together to try to solve climate change yet the evidence shows that the crisis is far from solved. So what’s going wrong? Can we improve how we tackle climate change crisis, or is it time to look beyond these negotiations?. Burning fossil fuels continues to drive the crisis, and […]
Introduction The Mano River Union (MRU), includes Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, has always been tagged to some hard security issues along the borders, like the civil wars and resource conflicts. But now things are getting a bit more sophisticated. Instability is creeping up around borders, especially in a place called Yenga, a small village […]
LESSONS IN CLIMATE DIPLOMACY Net-zero dilemma, war, and energy security Climate goals assume a certain degree of geopolitical stability. The recent wars, such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and growing tensions between Iran, Israel, and the United States, prove how flimsy that assumption can be. With a global energy market being transformed by […]
On December 4rd, 2025, two African leaders, DR Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame sat across the table and made hard promises in Washington at the signing ceremony to endorse the Washington Accords, a deal agreed on June 27, 2025 to end the decades-long war in Eastern Congo. The peace agreement […]
How Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine Conflicts Are Accelerating Climate Catastrophe And Why World Leaders Stay Silent The Smoking Gun Nobody Talks About Another discussion is missing in all climate conferences, all climate pledges, all net-zero by 2050 promises. It is the talk concerning war. I have never felt more helpless than I did when I understood […]
From Dinner Table Debates to the Supreme Court, Why embedding climate change into constitutional law is the most optimistic move democracies can make Introduction: The Night the Constitution Saved My Hope After ten years of engaging in eco-social innovations throughout India, including environmental awareness with communities, renewable energy education, design and prototype development for engineers […]
In the marbled grandeur of the United Nations General Assembly Hall during the General Debate on 23 September 2025 under the theme: Better Together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights”, a story unfolded that was profoundly very shocking to those who heard it, and revealed fault-lines in global climate diplomacy too. […]
Introduction Climate change is a major global threat of the 21st century, which impacts on the ecosystems, economies, and human health. Although climate change is an international event, its effects are not evenly spread. And again, although Africa does not contribute the highest to the greenhouse emission in the globe, it is also one of […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is generally considered one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world, with The Gambia being a nation with imbalanced effects given the fact that it contributes least to the global greenhouse gas emissions. The vulnerability of the region arises due to a high reliance on […]
Abdul-Razak Issifu Yidana 
Amadu Barrie 
Primrose Mutema 