Envisioning Challenge

A great percentage of the population in Lagos lives on one or two dollars a day. Uncertainties over land ownership, often followed by demolitions and evictions, do not encourage the urban poor to invest their meager finances into building safe shelters. None of past and present government housing policies had been directed towards these citizens. With this "Envisioning Challenge" we want to reflect how abandoned buildings could contribute to creating safe and affordable shelter for the majority of Lagos residents who live along the poverty line. Applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged.

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Publications

Abuja, A City for All

Pesticide Atlas - Nigeria Edition

The Fair Shared City Approach to Urban Community Development

Pesticide Use Among Small Scale Women Farmers

Meeting Nigeria's Electricity Needs: Is Nuclear an Option?

Democracy

Sustainable Development

Nigeria’s Looming Debt Crisis and Climate Change: Painful Inheritance for Future Generations

Commentary

As Nigeria grapples with climate change and escalating debt, Ogeri Eleri, a Nigerian teen, voices her concerns in this commentary piece. She writes about how these issues may impact her future and that of younger generations, emphasizing the urgent need to scrutinize economic decisions for a sustainable future.

By Ogeri Eleri

Debt, Development and Climate Challenges in Nigeria: Realities and Solutions

Communique

Nigeria’s ballooning debt burden is one of the key challenges the new government is facing. In July 2023, prominent civil society organizations came together to deliberate on this looming debt crisis in the context of the country’s social and climate challenges, and to explore potential remedies.

By Jochen Luckscheiter

Expanding Clean-Cooking Access in Nigeria

Dossier

The International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development (ICEED), in conjunction with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, commissioned a number of research papers that sought to identify important barriers to expanding access to clean-cooking in Nigeria.

More articles on Sustainable Development

Pesticide Atlas (Nigeria Edition)

In beer and in honey, on fruit and on vegetables, in grass on playgrounds and even in urine and in the air – traces of pesticides from agriculture can be detected everywhere. That pesticides negatively impact human health, biodiversity, water, and soil is not a new insight by any means The new and first Pesticide Atlas reveals new facts and data on global pesticide use and trade, its impact on people, their health and biodiversity, and alternative solutions.

Abuja, City for All

Publication

This publication explores the challenges faced by Abuja City, from unplanned urban sprawl to evictions and the need for a revised master plan, with particular emphasis on inclusivity, low-income housing, and better governance for a city striving to uphold its original ideals.

A Fair Shared City

Dossier

A Fair Shared City concept is an urban planning framework from a feminist perspective, which recognizes the need for municipal services that are affordable and accessible to all. This dossier is a collection of resources and interventions we have supported towards engaging civil society, government agencies, and the private sector on this topic.

The Road to a “Fair-Shared” Lagos

Podcast

This podcast drama peers into the fictional world of Iyabeji, a local traditional medicine practitioner, as she reveals the potential of a gender-sensitive and Fair-Shared Lagos City.

Perspectives Africa

Perspectives is a publication series of the Africa offices of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. The series provides a platform for experts from Africa to express their views about issues pertinent to the democratic and sustainable development agenda in the region.

The latest edition of Perspectives tackles questions of state capture, and how the concept can contribute to understanding and strengthening democracies across Africa. Our contributors also open the possibilities that emerge when “state capture” is released from particular institutional settings and national boundaries.

Explore the Series

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