We Engage.
We Restore.
We Regrow.
We Monitor.
We Measure.
Climate & Green World Foundation runs four interlocking programs across Nigeria and the Sahel. Each one is designed to keep delivering benefit long after our direct involvement ends.
WE FIGHT AGAINST: Bunkering, Charcoal production and Deforestation
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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THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES.
- *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 and Green World is responding through
Awareness
We create awareness through various media like newspaper, radio and social media. Involvement of chiefs and community leader. Enlightenment of youths and various groups and organisation.
Alternative Livelihood and Restoration
Promoting clean energy, sustainable farming, and leading tree planting campaigns to restore what has been lost.
Advocacy
Pushing for attitudinal change towards the environment. Advocating for various government actions and commitment towards the environment.
Five principles that shape every project.
01Community before planning.
We ensure that every project has the blessings of the community it's designed for, before implementation. They have to cosign with it, agree on modalities and take ownership of it.
02The right tree in the right place.
We plant native and economic species as guided by local ecology and traditional knowledge.
03From Restoration to Reforestation.
We restore degraded farmland, urban green spaces and the ecosystems eroded by pollution and unwholesome land practices.
04Bush Burning.
Sensitization done with diplomacy and conviction for maximum effects is core to our work.
05Measured impact.
It's one of our core values. To seasonally measure progress and impact of the work we have done. The result is our satisfaction.
What gets measured gets managed.
We track every project against a common set of indicators and report on them annually. Our framework is built on FAO methodology, IPCC guidance, and AFR100 reporting protocols.
Tree & Biomass Growth
Survival rates, canopy development, above-ground biomass
Carbon Impact
Tonnes of CO鈧俥q drawn down or avoided, against baselines
Biodiversity Return
Species presence surveys, wildlife monitoring, habitat quality
Soil & Water Health
Soil organic carbon, water table recovery, erosion reduction
Community Outcomes
Household incomes, sensitization reach, women in leadership
Program Integrity
Cost per surviving tree, per hectare, funds to community