INC-4: Growing Menace of Industry Influence on Plastic Pollution
Plastic waste pollution is a growing environmental menace that is affecting lives and livelihoods across the world. But the latest efforts to combat this problem through a global plastics treaty have exposed a worrying trend: the plastic industry’s growing negative influence on and its shunning of established science. The fossil fuel and chemical industries – […]
Ibadan Blast: CAPPA Urges FG, Oyo To Tighten Regulations, Implement Probe Report, Compensate victims
A non-governmental organization, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the federal and state governments to tighten and fully implement regulations governing access to and handling of explosives in the mining sector, following the devastating January 16 explosion at Bodija, Oyo State. The Organization also urged the government to not only expose […]
No exit without clean-up of historical environmental damages, CAPPA tells Shell, FG
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Nigerian government to prevent Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) from selling its onshore oil business without first remediating and addressing its historical environmental damages in Nigeria. CAPPA made this known in a statement released on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, in reaction […]
CAPPA Commends Lagos for Ban on Single-Use Plastics, Urges Incentives for Alternatives
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Lagos State Government for banning the use and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics. CAPPA, however, urged the government to ensure adequate stakeholder engagement and incentives for alternatives, in the light of the potential economic impact of the ban. The transparency watchdog gave the […]
CAPPA commends Lagos govt for banning single-use plastics, urges incentives for alternatives
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Lagos State Government for banning the use and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics. CAPPA, however, urged the government to ensure adequate stakeholder engagement and incentives for alternatives, in the light of the potential economic impact of the ban. In a statement made […]
COP28: No Climate Accountability without Expression
As the protest against false climate solutions, drew to a close in the Blue Zone, a designated area for such demonstrations at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference otherwise known as the 2023 Conference of Parties (COP28) grounds in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Martins Olamide, and Zikora Ibeh, from Corporate Accountability & Public Participation […]
CAPPA Convenes 2nd National Conference As 178 LGAs Come Under Threat Of Flooding
Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has described as worrisome the recent revelation that about 178 local government areas (LGAS) in 32 of the 36 states in Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory fall within the highly probable flood risk areas by Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA). Oluwafemi’s worry […]
Rivers Pipeline Explosion: Shell Failed To Protect Facilities – CAPPA
The Corporate Accountability and Public Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the recent explosion of an oil pipeline facility owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The explosion, which occurred on March 3, claimed 12 lives in Rumuekpe community, Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. In a statement on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, CAPPA decried that […]
Stakeholders raise serious concern over COP27 outcome
…say loss and damage agreement meaningless if not operationalized … apprehensive of corporate capture … make case for strategic litigation After taking a critical review of all that transpired at the COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, environmental stakeholders and activists, gave a damning verdict that not much was achieved. They submitted that the […]
COP27: Frontline Community Members Replaced with Fossil Fuel Lobbyists – Climate Activists
Nigerian Environmental and Climate Activists have lamented about the gross exclusion of frontline community members who have suffered the effect of climate change at the recently concluded Conference of Practise, COP 27.[spacer height=”25px”] The activists also noted that fossil fuel industry lobbyists and those who contribute more to climate change were heavily present at the […]
