For a sustainable future, Nigeria must bring its Young People to the Table.
With the February 2025 deadline for updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) come and gone, Nigeria still has a chance to lead, but only if she listens to her youth. Only 13 out of 195 signatories met the deadline, exposing the ongoing challenge of global inaction in the face of a climate emergency. NDCs are essential […]
Ending Youth Tokenism – NGYouthSDGs with Support from UNIC Lagos Trains 360 Youth Across 6 States in Nigeria As Advocates Against Climate Change
Nigeria Youth SDGs registered as the Network of Youth for Sustainable Initiative in collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre, Lagos, held six interactive workshops ahead of cop27 aimed at building the capacity of young people to advocate for environmental and social justice issues in Nigeria. The workshop happened in Adamawa, Anambra, Kaduna, Kwara, Ondo […]
COP27: NGYouthSDGs advocate stronger commitment to climate change, biodiversity
Ahead of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP), Nigeria Youth SDGs Network registered as the Network of Youth for Sustainable Initiative with support from the United Nations Information Centre, Lagos is hosting the COP 27 Youth Leadership Workshop across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The workshop aims to build the capacity of young people […]
Our Response to COVID-19: Keeping Everyone Showing Up, but Masked Up
As an organization focused on livelihood and commitment to supporting Nigerian communities in emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mask Up 2 Show Up project was birthed to address the increasing spread. The project aimed to create community awareness of the importance of consistent and appropriate wearing of face masks, social distance and safe […]
World Environment Day: Six Young People Advocating for a Sustainable Future and Healthier Climate in Nigeria
There’s no planet like Earth. The global environment is changing with dramatic disruption of human activity. World Environment Day focuses on living sustainably in harmony with nature. There is a need to analyze and address the impacts of human disruption on Earth’s natural system and the environment. From leading voices in climate education, addressing waste […]
International Women’s Day: Meet Nine Young Women Advocating for Sustainable Futures in Nigeria
Every day young women in Nigeria are working to ensure sustainable futures for everyone especially with the impact of the COVID19 pandemic. From fighting food insecurity in their communities to ensuring access to power and clean water, they are using their strength, ideas, innovation, leadership and resilience to create meaningful change for women and youth. […]
NGYouthSDGs Champion Ajaja Olufemi Attends Documentary by British High Commission to Commemorate International Day of Biological Diversity
The British High Commission invited environmentalists and civil society organizations to the screening of COP26 People’s Ambassador David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet to commemorate International Day of Biological Diversity. The event hosted by the British High Commission, Catriona Laing had the Honourable Minister for Environment, Dr Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar and the Honourable Minister […]
AFIDE: Providing Equal Opportunities for Small Scale Entrepreneurs
Economic inclusion and empowerment of the people at the grass-root level irrespective of their diversities is very crucial to societal development, hence, it is a key target of advancement and one of the Sustainable Development goals of the United Nations. As a way of creating an equal agricultural opportunity for all and sundry that will […]
Lafiaji Beach Clean Up Report
Do you know pollution on our beaches is real with billion tons of debris deposited on beaches that are harmful to us who use the beach and also an environmental hazard for the marine biodiversity that depends on it? Nigeria Youth SDGs Network partnered with Trashusers, the Lagos State Waste Management Authority and Empower Plastic […]
NGYouthSDGs Youth Champion Blessing Ewa Attends Networking Mixer with COP 26 President
As the United Kingdom prepares to host the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) from November 1 – 12 2021, the President-Designate of COP26, Mr Alok Sharma visited Nigeria with the aim of addressing the challenge of climate change with support from the UK government. Mr Sharma met with the Vice President […]
