| Nigerian Youths Make Case for a Safer Climate Future |
"OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR YEAR, OUR VOICE", was the theme of this year's first climate change youth forum held on August 16th 2010 at Shehu Musa Yaradua Center in Abuja to celebrate the International Year of Youth
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| Nigerian Youths Make Case for a Safer Climate Future |
"OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR YEAR, OUR VOICE", was the theme of this year's first climate change youth forum held on August 16th 2010 at Shehu Musa Yaradua Center in Abuja to celebrate the International Year of Youth
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| Gender and Climate Change Toolkit |
The First Edition of the Gender and Climate Change Toolkit is now available on our website! Gender mainstreaming is an important component of the BNRCC project and should be incorporated and inform the work of BNRCC and our partners.
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| SITES AND VOICES FROM NEST PROJECT COMMUNITIES |
In continuation of what started early this year, the BNRCC monitoring and evaluation team again embarked on its monitoring visits to five more communities.
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| NEST through its BNRCC Project organizes climate change research symposium and gender toolkit training workshop for partners |
Between April 26-29th, 2010 at the Mirage Hotel, in Calabar, the organization brought together over 45 participants drawn from its 5 research projects.
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| NEST through its BNRCC organizes climate change research symposium and gender toolkit training workshop for partners |
Between April 26-29th, 2010 at the Mirage Hotel, in Calabar, the organization brought together over 45 participants drawn from its 5 research projects.
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| Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition (NYCC) Launches Climate Change Youth Communication and Outreach Project |
More than anyone, the youth face unprecedented challenges as a result of global climate change. They also share the responsibility of addressing it by educating their peers on adaption issues and engaging in policy advocacy.
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| NASPA-National Stakeholders Workshop |
Towards the development of Nigeria's National Adaptation Strategy and Plan of Action (NASPA), a National Stakeholders Workshop for key stakeholders was organized by the Lead Partners Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST)/Building Nigeria's Response to Climate Change (BNRCC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBF) and NigeriaCAN.
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| NEST organizes capacity building training workshop for partners |
Between March 16-19th, 2010 at the Topview Hotel, in Abuja, NEST through its BNRCC Project brought together over 40 participants drawn from its 7 community-based pilot projects to further strengthen and share best practices about climate change knowledge and project delivery.
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| NEST KICK STARTS A CONTINENTAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAMME |
NEST has launched yet another climate change adaptation scheme in five council areas in Aba, Abia State. This programme brought together twenty-eight different stakeholders at Binez Hotel, Aba, from 23rd to 24th September, 2009.
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| SITES AND VOICES FROM COASTAL AND RAIN FOREST ZONE OF NIGERIA |
"Our mangroves that provide protection from wind and rain storms causing our fishes to produce well and which act as buffers to erosion are being destroyed rapidly. Now we cannot predict our seasons anymore and this has led to poor crop yields. We attribute all these to 'Iphen obhina'."
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| SITES AND VOICES FROM TOSHUA AND SANSAN |
Climate change impacts have taken their toll on the Nigerian Sahel communities of Toshua and Sansan,located in Geidam and Mobbar (Damasak) local government areas of Yobe and Borno states respectively.
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| SITES AND VOICES FROM FALGORE |
"Before now, our rainy season started in March but now the rain comes in May or early June. In the 70s, we used to plant our guinea corn 'yar falgore' in April and harvest it in October, now we are not planting that species again. We now plant 'kaura' which matures in four months and also engage in mixed farming because the rainy season has reduced"
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| SITES AND VOICES FROM DAUDU |
Daudu community in Guma Local Government area of Benue State is leaving nothing to chance as they unite to adapt to climate change. The community, with the assistance of Greenwatch initiative, has started the establishment of a small nursery of fast growing drought tolerant citrus trees which will later be distributed to beneficiaries and transplanted in their fields during the rainy season.
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| NEST ORGANISES GLOBAL CLIMATE CHAMPAIGN |
Ahead of World Climate Day and in the spirit of COP15 as World leaders converge in Copenhagen (December 7-18, 2009) to take far reaching decisions that affects our planet, NEST/BNRCC in partnership Centre for Disaster and Crisis Management (CDCM) and Project Shield organized a public lecture and stage rally in the ancient city of Ibadan, Nigeria on December 7, 2009.
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| National Adaptation Strategy and Plan of Action (NASPA) Stakeholder Forum Inaugurated |
A major step in the development of a climate change adaptation plan for the country took place on December 1, 2009
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| NEST COMMISSIONED CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH AND PILOT PROJECTS |
Overwhelmed by the impacts of climate change in Nigeria and worried by the future challenges, NEST under its BNRCC projects has taken proactive steps to prepared the populace to adapt in a sustainable manner with the challenges of climate change phenomenon.
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| NEST KICK STARTS A CONTINENTAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAMME |
NEST has launched yet another climate change adaptation scheme in five council areas in Aba, Abia State. This programme brought together twenty-eight different stakeholders at Binez Hotel, Aba, from 23rd to 24th September, 2009 for two days.
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| NEST KICK STARTS A CONTINENTAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAMME |
NEST has launched yet another climate change adaptation scheme in five council areas in Aba, Abia State. This programme brought together twenty-eight different stakeholders at Binez Hotel, Aba, from 23rd to 24th September, 2009 for two days.
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| NEST KICK STARTS A CONTINENTAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAMME |
NEST has launched yet another climate change adaptation scheme in five council areas in Aba, Abia State. This programme brought together twenty-eight different stakeholders at Binez Hotel, Aba, from 23rd to 24th September, 2009 for two days
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| BNRCC Organizes Media Forum. |
BNRCC recognizes that effective information dissemination and networking (in the right format, quality and language) enhances people’s knowledge base for proactive engagement on climate change and its effects, and creates a sound foundation for policy formulation and action on climate change adaptation.
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| BNRCC Builds Capacity of Staff and Partners |
BNRCC will be hosting a Gender training workshop for its staff and partners soon.
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| Makurdi NGO takes climate adaptation project to Kano |
The Makurdi, Benue state based Greenwatch Initiative (GI), has begun the implementation of the Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC) project activity in Falgore, Kano state.
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| Africa's new climate leader outlines continent's stance |
Ethiopian Prime Minister Zenawi says Africa will speak with one voice at international climate negotiations
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| KEY CLIMATE PARTNERS SIGN AGREEMENT TO COLLABORATE ON NIGERIA'S CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY AND PLAN OF ACTION |
The Special Climate Change Unit (SCCU), BNRCC/NEST, Nigeria-CAN, UNDP and Heinrich Boell Foundation (HBF) are collaborating to develop a National Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan through a consultative Multi-stakeholders Forum process.
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