During the 27th edition of the United Nations Global Climate Summit (COP27) last year, the Nigerian government announced to the world that they would engage vibrant youths in the country to plant and nurture 250,000 trees annually as part of an ambitious effort to accelerate climate action in the country.
But, over a year later, and less than five days to the commencement of the 28th session of the UN COP, preliminary findings by this medium suggest that no concrete move has been made towards fulfilling the ambitious tree-planting pledge.
The initiative, tagged “Project 250k” was launched by Nigeria’s former Minister of Youth and Sport, Sunday Dare, at the Nigeria pavilion on the “Youth and Future Generation Day” at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties ( COP27) in Egypt last year.
At COP27, the “Youth and Future Generation Day” is dedicated to the youths, in recognition of their crucial role in achieving effective climate action…