Drained for agriculture, polluted by industrial waste, and encroached upon by urban development, wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests.

🔗 ramsar.org/news/wetland-h…

#WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter

How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change | Solomon Elusoji w/ comment from NiMet All Farmers Association of Nigeria

Read here: buff.ly/4cOMlp0

#ActOnClimate now

Let's transform Nigeria's rooftops into green spaces to counter urban #heat islands! Imagine the potential in cities like Kano and Ibadan. #GreenRoofsNG #SustainableCities

Carbon Brief's Solomon Elusoji speaks to doctors, a meteorologist and farmers about how ongoing extreme heat is affecting Nigeria

It comes amid a lack of comprehensive record-keeping about the impacts of extreme heat on African nations, both on a national and international level

The current heatwave(more than 40°C) in Nigeria is not normal.

These are one of the realities of climate change in Nigeria; when it rains, it rains hard and when it shines, it shines intensely.

This is why we have no option but to act on the climate crisis.
#TimeForAction

I’m excited to share that I started a new position as Head of Office United Nations OCHA Indonesia & ASEAN Liaison Office. My orientation has gone great and I am optimistic about the work we will be doing on disaster management.

#policy #localaction #NewBeginnings

One of Adenike Titilope Oladosu messages, In Africa, climate change is already leading to not just conflict but 'armed conflict.' Hence, conflict is a reality of climate change.
Lake Chad region the climate crisis exacerbates armed conflict.
#ActonLakeChad

Las interrelaciones entre cambio climático, conflictos armados y desplazamiento forzado en algunas latitudes son cada vez más importantes.
Adenike Adenike Titilope Oladosu explica muy bien estas dinámicas (que distan de ser lineales) en la región del Lago Chad 👇

Adenike Titilope Oladosu Many have described the current heat as unprecedented, impacting human activities and religious practices such as the ongoing Ramadan fasting by the Muslim faithful.

One of Adenike Titilope Oladosu messages, Nigeria, heatwave is no longer a threat but a reality.
#TimeForAction is now!!?

In Nigeria, heatwave is no longer a threat but a reality.
#TimeForAction is now!!?

Just In: NiMet warns of impending hear stress. In Nigeria, climate change is no longer a threat but a reality.
thenationonlineng.net/nimet-warns-of…

I am glad to be back to the Panel on Planetary Thinking (an incredible institute to be, always) as an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow.

From the German Federal Environmental Foundation in Osnabruck to the waste to fuel power plant in Saebeck.
#AVF

Frame 1: A day at Saebeck energy planet
Frame 2: A day at GIZ.
#AVH
#panelonplanetarythinking