The environment is frequently seen as a gift to future generations and environmental care demonstrates a concern for the future. Life expectancy is an important element influencing how people value the end: longer lives make people more empathetic to future generations and selves. As a result, if someone wants to…

Despite being home to the second-largest population, Africa’s primary energy consumption per capita is low compared to the global average. The energy consumption rate for sub-Saharan Africa is even worse; Brazil’s per capita electricity consumption is higher than the consumption rate of the entire sub-Saharan region. The electricity gap within…

Climate change refers to long-term changes in average weather patterns. Concurrent climate change includes global warming and its impacts on earth’s weather patterns. Previous periods of climate change have occurred, but the current changes are diversely rapid. Since the early 20th century, changes observed in the earth’s climate have been…

When your large appliance becomes old or faulty, the typical next step is to dispose of them. But do you know that these white goods often harm the environment when you don’t dispose of them properly? According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about 9 million freezers are dumped each…

Does everything have to be gender-based? How exactly does gender come into a global challenge such as climate change? Here’s how: Fact 1: Though climate change has a global effect, its impacts vary especially among different regions, social groups, social roles, income classes, and generations. Fact 2: Research evidence shows…

With an estimated solid waste generation of 2.01 billion tonnes annually, the solid waste footprint per person across the world is about 0.74kg per day and, according to the World Bank, this is expected to increase by 70% to 3.40 billion tonnes in 2050. From that gigantic expanse, electronic waste…

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It was on this day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights are inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or another status. Human…

As an environmentalist, the expectation is that you should support judicious social, economic, and political actions, movements, or policies geared towards the protection of the environment. Renewable energy (RE) activism is one of those just environmentally friendly actions you can take. A few decades ago, being an environmentalist might have…

Today, many Nigerians lack access to safe and cheap power. The electricity situation in Nigeria, especially in rural regions, stifles growth from industries to classrooms. The new report, Minigrid Investment Report: Scaling the Nigerian Market, by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and RMI, discusses the potential for mini-grid systems to…