by Nnimmo | Mar 12, 2022 | Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Governance
The reason why persons or corporations make investments is dependent on the expected or desired outcomes. The same can be said of why investors divest. Investments are predominantly made for profit. For instance, a corporation would estimate how much profit would...
by Nnimmo | Dec 20, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Dirty Energy, Poetry, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Having lived millions of years In the bowel of the Earth With occasional forays to the surface You lent yourself to be used as mortar And sometimes tar Sometimes you trapped folks in pits as in Sodom and Gomorrah But finally, some clever folks...
by Nnimmo | Dec 10, 2021 | Analysis, Climate Change, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
THE 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from 31 October to 13 November 2021 and had a loud, but uncertain achievement. No, this was not just about the Glasgow Climate Pact which...
by Nnimmo | Sep 16, 2021 | Alternatives, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Policy
Good morning, distinguished participants in this Public Forum. I have the privilege of welcoming us all to this event which is organized by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation in partnership with Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and with...
by Nnimmo | Aug 5, 2021 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Governance, Militarism
Climate change and variability in Nigeria is starkly illustrated in the northern and southern regions of Nigeria by desertification and coastal erosion respectively. This is so because attention is often focussed on these phenomena in the North and in the South. The...
by Nnimmo | Jul 27, 2021 | Alternatives, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Poetry, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories
The vital place of the narrative strategy is in awakening memories and building consciousness for action. Over the past months we have experienced an evolving of our understanding of critical storytelling. We have seen the overturning of...
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