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

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

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How to Solve the Water Crisis in Lagos, Nigeria

How to Solve the Water Crisis in Lagos, Nigeria - Heinrich Böll Stiftung Abuja Office

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Lagos State is currently dealing with an acute water crisis. This explainer video provides a policy solution that would improve quality water access to all, especially for low-income communities.

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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

Green Hydrogen in Nigeria - Potentials and Pitfalls

Interview

Amidst the international buzz around green hydrogen, how can Nigeria position itself as a key player in the green energy transition? Ifeoma Malo, Executive Director of Clean Tech Hub, provides insights on Nigeria's green hydrogen potential and the sector's need for equity and social justice.

By Chibueze Ebii

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.

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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.

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.

Lagos Na Wa - Debunking Myths and Stereotypes

Drama Series

In this satire-drama series, Lepacious Bose debunks popular misconceptions in Lagos as she addresses decade-old myths and stereotypes that have oftentimes dominated urban development policies in the state.

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.

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