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Survey on Biomass Stoves
A Survey to Consolidate Current
Knowledge on Improved Biomass Stoves from the BNRCC Programme
29-08-2012 Read more>>
HOW NIGERIA’S CLIMATE OUTLOOK IS INDUCING EXTREME RAINFALL
The cost in future of the emerging climate scenario for Lagos is too expensive to wait. As the loss for Nigeria is projected to be between 2 per cent and 11 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP by 2020, rising to between 6 per cent and 30 per cent by the year 2050. In naira terms this loss is equivalent to between N15 trillion and N69 trillion, writes Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba. He says that bolder urban renewal; redesign and re-conceptualisation will take Lagos out of its recent quagmire.
Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba
Executive Director, Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST), and Project Coordinator, Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC)
Published in The Guardian, Monday, 18 July 2011
29-08-2012 Read more>>
Communiqué of the NASPA Validation Workshop
This is the communiqué of the NASPA validation workshop organized by the SCCU of the Federal Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with BNRCC/NEST and other Lead Partners, and held on Tuesday 21 June 2011 at the New Chelsea Hotel Abuja where it convoked 79 participants including representatives from the ministries and non-governmental organizations. 6-07-2011 Read more>>
'IN THE RED ZONE' AND 'WATER RUNS DEEP' CLIMATE CHANGE IN NIGERIA (A DOCUMENTARY) LAUNCHED BY BNRCC AT ITS 3RD EDITION OF MEDIA FORUM
On Wednesday March 9th, BNRCC launched ‘Water Runs Deep’ and ‘In The Red Zone’, two films that tell the story of climate change in Nigeria. 5-04-2011 Read more>>
BNRCC PILOT PROJECTS HOST REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE SHARING WORKSHOPS
To begin the new year with an emphasis on communications between government, local communities and civil society organizations, Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change project (BNRCC) held Knowledge Sharing Workshops – one in Makurdi, Benue State, on January 18th, and one in Calabar, Cross River State, on January 20th, 2011. 29-08-2012 Read more>>
BNRCC ORGANISES GENDER MAINSTREAMING TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR STAFF AND PROJECT PARTNERS
As part of the process of gender mainstreaming, BNRCC developed a draft Gender and Climate Change toolkit. The toolkit is meant to act as a guide for users to providing suggestions, strategies, and methodology to ensure that gender mainstreaming is an integral part of the overall Project Implementation Plan (PIP). 29-08-2012 Read more>>
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR STRATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS FOR LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
BACKGROUND
Located in Nigeria’s western coastal region, Lagos State, dominated by the mega-city of Lagos, is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly in the areas of human settlement, agriculture, land use, water resources, health, energy, coastal resources, transport, commerce and industry that affect the livelihoods of the majority of the people. Unless sufficient attention is paid to the impacts of climate change, and to building adaptive strategies, resilience and coping mechanisms, the vulnerability of Lagos State, the economic hub of Nigeria and also West Africa, will jeopardize the long- term development of the country towards reducing poverty and reaching economic sufficiency consistent with VISION 20: 2020 and the MDG policies and programmes.
16-02-2011 Read more>>
Nigerian Youths Make Case for a Safer Climate future
“OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR YEAR, OUR VOICE”, was the theme of 2010 first climate change youth forum held on August 16th 2010 at Shehu Musa Yaradua Center in Abuja to celebrate the International Year of Youth 6-04-2011 Read more>>
SITES AND VOICES FROM THE FIELD
In continuation of what started early this year, the BNRCC monitoring and evaluation team again embarked on its monitoring visits to five more communities. 16-02-2011 Read more>>
BNRCC organizes climate change research symposium and gender toolkit training workshop for partners
Between April 26 – 29th, 2010 at the Mirage Hotel, in Calabar, BNRCC brought together over 45 participants drawn from its 5 research projects. 16-02-2011 Read more>>
Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition 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. 16-02-2011 Read more>>
NASPA - National Stakeholders Workshop (NSW)
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, Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBF) and NigeriaCAN. 16-02-2011 Read more>>
BNRCC organizes capacity building training workshop for partners
Between March 16 – 19th, 2010 at the Topview Hotel, in Abuja, BNRCC 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. 16-02-2011 Read more>>
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 öbhina’.” (Which means climate change in Iko language) 16-02-2011 Read more>>
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. 16-02-2011 Read more>>
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” This was the story as narrated by Mallam Yahaya Adamu, a community member and project beneficiary from Falgore in Doguwa Local Government Area in Kano State. 16-02-2011 Read more>>
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