Rooted in Africa.
Growing a Greener World.
We restore degraded landscapes, defend ecosystems from pollution, and equip communities to thrive in a changing climate — starting in Nigeria and the Sahel, and growing outward.
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Trees Planted
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Under Restoration
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People Employed
2025
Founded
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Foundation year progress.
Honest numbers. Every tree we report is a tree in the ground. Every person is on our payroll. This is where we start.
Trees Planted
Native species in active restoration sites
Hectares Under Restoration
Under active management and monitoring
People Employed
Ecologists, field staff & community organizers
Communities Engaged
Communities co-designing our programs
We are in our foundation year. These are the numbers we have actually delivered — and the curve our partners are helping us climb.
A foundation born of one truth: Africa's ecosystems will not save themselves.
Climate change is not a distant forecast for the communities we work with. It is the shrinking harvest in the Sahel. It is the river in the Niger Delta that runs black instead of clear. It is the heat building in classrooms, where children are trying to learn about a future their landscape may not support.
The Climate & Green World Foundation exists to confront that reality — practically, locally, and patiently. We plant trees. We restore degraded land. We make the case to farmers, communities, and government partners that bush burning, charcoal production, oil bunkering, and illegal artisanal refining are not survival strategies but slow-acting wounds.
We are new. Our founder spent years working as a lone voice on these issues before formalizing the foundation in 2025. The vision is bigger than the numbers. The numbers are growing every season.
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"The institution is new; the conviction is not."
— Dr. Ike Anosike, Founder
Charcoal, communities, and the cost to our environment.
For many rural communities, charcoal is one of the few cash incomes available. It provides cheap fuel for most low income families in cities and villages so, demands stays high.
To that extent, the environmental effects are huge.
1) Deforestation. Most charcoal comes from cutting down trees faster than they re-grow, this no doubt is a major driver of forest loss.
(2) Soil Degradation; Cutting down trees leaves the soil exposed, as it erodes soil nuetranta faster, resulting to poor harvest.
(3) Air Pollution. Burning trees into charcoal releases lots of smoke, CO2 and methane, a major source of green house gases and air pollution.
Trees cut and burnt not only constitutes desertification but loss of habitats for animals and plants. Again, there's the problem of Air Pollution. The smoke from charcoal kilns has carbon monoxide particulates, and has other inherent toxin.
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There's Marine Bunkering, which is stealing oil by ships. This is being dealt with by security companies like Tantita. We are concerned with "Local Bunkering" often referred to as illegal crude theft and its attendant Artisanal Refining.
People tap into oil pipelines or Well heads, siphone crude oil, move it through creeks in boats or barges, sell the crude to those who refine it locally into diesel, kerosene and petrol in makeshift refineries.
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This is widespread in the Niger Delta and oil producing states due to poverty, unemployment, environmental damage, weak governance and conflict around oil wealth distribution.
Operations often involve networks of local youths, transporters, traders, armed groups and sometimes corrupt officials or security personnel.
The production process, which involves Bush or Kpofire refining of crude in makeshift ovens and drums, lacks safety standards and is very dangerous. Illegal refinery camps frequently cause explosions, oil spills, rivers, and health problems within the surrounding communities.
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IMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL BUNKERING.
- *Deforestation: large numbers of trees are cut down for cooking crude, especially mangroves in creek areas.
- *Loss of biodiversity, birds, fish nurseries and wetland species lose habitat.
- *Erosion: Mangroves that normally stabilise river banks and protect against flooding are destroyed.
- * Air Pollution, burning of crude and wood together, releases thick smoke and soot
- * Carbon emissions, both from the cooking of crude and the burning of wood, increase greenhouse gases.
- * Ecological Damage, spills and dumping of waste oil destroy vegetation, farmland, and aquatic life
Climate & Green's approach
One may ask how Climate & Green wishes to tackle these problems:
- 1working with the chiefs and communities in areas of sensitisation
- 2Reclaiming the land through tree planting. That's what Climate & Green stands for.
Community Sensitisation
Working with chiefs and communities to address the root causes of environmental harm.
Land Reclamation
Reclaiming degraded land through tree planting — the core mission of Climate & Green.
On-the-ground evidence from affected communities.
Video documentation from our field work — shared with partners, donors, and communities working toward restoration.
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Climate & Green World Report
Field Report
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Three pillars. One mission.
Restoring what was lost. Defending what remains.
Across Nigeria and the Sahel, decades of deforestation, oil pollution, illegal refining, and overgrazing have hollowed out landscapes that once supported abundant life. We work with communities, government agencies, and global partners to bring them back through tree-planting, urban greening, soil regeneration, and active defense against ongoing damage.
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Communities at the center.
Environmental work that ignores people fails. We invest in the women, men, farmers, and young people who live on the land through climate education, awareness sensitization, and dialogue that take local livelihoods seriously — even when the conversation is difficult.
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Action that cools the planet and holds the line.
Every tree we plant, every hectare we restore, every farmer we move away from forest-burning practices is climate action that can be measured. We report what we do, what works, and what does not — because climate work without honesty is just marketing.
Explore our climate workWhy us?
Six reasons why Climate & Green World Foundation is the partner serious climate actors are looking for.
African-rooted, globally networked.
Our work is in Nigeria and the Sahel. Our partnerships extend across borders to anyone serious about climate action.
The pollution others overlook.
We are one of the few foundations engaging directly with the ecological damage of oil bunkering and illegal artisanal refining.
Community-first.
No project begins without the buy-in of the people who will live with it for the next fifty years.
Founder-led, mission-built.
Dr. Ike Anosike spent years on this work before the Foundation existed. The institution is new; the conviction is not.
Transparent.
We publish what worked, what didn't, and what it cost.
Ambitious but honest.
We promise only what we can deliver, and we deliver on our promises.
The work, in pictures and video.
Drag to explore. Real documentation from bunkering sites and restoration work in Nigeria.
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Field documentation from affected communities
Field documentation from affected communities
Field documentation from affected communities
Native species planting, Nigeria
Forest canopy, Niger Delta region
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Documented bunkering and environmental impact, Niger Delta
Field documentation from affected communities
Field documentation from affected communities
Field documentation from affected communities
Native species planting, Nigeria
Forest canopy, Niger Delta region
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On the ground where it counts.
Our programs operate across two of Africa's most ecologically pressured regions:
Nigeria
Where decades of oil extraction, illegal refining, urban expansion, and deforestation have left landscapes in urgent need of repair.
The Sahel
Where desertification, climate-driven drought, and shifting agricultural patterns are hollowing out the land that millions depend on.
We choose project sites based on three things: the scale of the need, the strength of local leadership, and our ability to deliver measurable change.
See all our programsFrom the field.
Field UpdatesSix Hundred Trees in the Ground: What Our First Planting Season Taught Us
We planted 600 trees across one hectare of degraded land in our foundation year. Here is what went right, what went wrong, and what we are doing differently in season two.
Founder's NotesWhat Bush Burning Does to Topsoil: A Conversation with Our Field Teams
The damage from a single season of bush burning can take years to reverse. Our ecologists explain what happens under the surface and why sensitization is as important as planting.
Research & LearningUrban Trees in Lagos: Why City Greening is Climate Action
Africa's fastest-growing cities are losing green cover just as they need it most. We make the case for urban greening as a serious climate intervention, not just beautification.
In good company.
We work alongside government agencies, international stakeholders, businesses, and grassroots organizations that share our commitment to measurable, locally-led climate action.
The Foundation is registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and welcomes serious partners across all sectors. Partner logos displayed as partnerships are formalized.
Become a partnerThe land is ready. The time is now.
Whether you are a corporation looking to meet credible sustainability goals, a government agency seeking a delivery partner, or an individual who simply wants to help — there is a place for you here.