Women Environmental Programme (WEP) participated at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (The 56th session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) that took place in Bonn, Germany from 6-16 June 2022. SBI56 was a preparatory meeting on issues that would be discussed at the 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate […]
Women Environmental Programme (WEP) is participating in the Africa Day (Afrikadag) programme holding at the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 28th May 2022. Discussions at the Africa Day revolve around the importance of African voices in civic discussions and policy at the national and international level; and how the Netherlands and Europe relate to African countries, communities […]
Women Environmental Programme (WEP) as an accredited Civil Society organization with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has since 2010 participated in the UN Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC joining forces with other CSOs across the world to bring their voices to the negotiations and decisions of the member states otherwise known as parties in various […]
Women Environmental Programme (WEP) with the support from British High Commission Abuja, on 21st October 2021, ahead of the 21st Session of the Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), organized a consultation on gender-just climate solutions at Top Rank Galaxy Hotel, Utako, Abuja. The aim of the consultation was to gather experiences […]
Women Environmental Programme (WEP) organized a sensitization workshop for states in the North-Central region of Nigeria to raise awareness and strengthen the capacity of stakeholders on the implementation of the National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change for Nigeria (NAPGCC). Being a federal state, national policies in Nigeria are expected to be implemented at the sub-national levels, hence the […]
The Women Environmental Programme a leading development organization in Africa has once again set a milestone in its quest to mitigate effects of climate change in Nigeria.crClimate change is one of the most dreaded natural disasters plaguing different continents as of today and requires the involvement of all stakeholders’ commitment to change the tide. In view of this, Women Environmental […]
The Minister of Environment, Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar launched the NAPGCC that was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari during a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in August 2020. The launch of the NAPGCC was done during a Sensitization Workshop on the National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change organized by […]
Women Environmental Programme (WEP) received from the Department of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, 3000 trees seedlings as part of the Presidential Trees Planting Campaign to tackle climate change in Nigeria. The tree seedlings have been planted across the country and distributed to various communities and organizations for planting. The tree planting campaign is in fulfillment of President Buhari’s pledge […]
Lack of skills coupled with the absence of opportunities for growth and development is a catalyst to violent extremism in communities. Young boys and girls without sustainable expertise and abilities are susceptible to be lured into perpetrating criminal and violent acts. As part of efforts to cushion the aggravation of young children in communities being radicalized and recruited into violent […]
Since 1997, WEP has impacted directly and indirectly over 20 million lives positively across the globe through interventions in Environment, Governance, Climate Change, Peace and Security. We have five offices across Africa with head office in abuja, Nigeria.
