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In pursuit of its aims CCDI is determined to continue to execute projects in its core programme areas and in all parts of Nigeria, raise funds to carry out these activities and be fully involved in the national and global network of environmental and development interests.
Environmental Governance Project
In March 2007 in line with the Heinrich Boll foundation’s governance programme on economic and ecological literacy CCDI began collaboration with HBF, which involved disseminating information on Climate Change especially with regard to developments with The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 and also investigating energy issues in Nigeria. The overall goal of this project is to firmly establish the concept of environmental governance and its centrality to the survival of natural systems at all relevant levels and to identify gaps in key reform policies which involve environmental issues and encourage access to information and stimulate public participation and debate. CCDI has designed and organized seminars and meetings as well as the production of publications on climate Change. The Heinrich Boll Foundation has extended its collaboration with CCDI on environmental governance with reference to climate change and energy issues. The new programme should run from January 2008 to December 2009.
Climate Change Programme.
This is the most recent of our programme areas it involves a series of project activities between 2006 and 2008.Project activities have involved developing and establishing a database of individuals, key actors, organisations, government, academic, corporate institutions, media houses and radio station. It also entails running awareness seminars for a wide array of stakeholders and producing and distributing publications on climate change issues globally and locally.
Energy Programme.
CCDI is currently promoting awareness of the importance of renewable energies. We are involved in a series of seminars, workshops and roundtable discussions on renewable energy and developing a network of contacts within Nigeria of groups and organisations who are interested in or actively engaged in renewable energy. Through focus on the promotion of awareness of renewable energies CCDI believes that key areas for poverty alleviation can be tackled. Demonstration projects in resource centers or solar villages can provide pragmatic examples of cleaner renewable energy such as the development of solar powered cooking stoves and water pumps and heaters, electricity generation for cottage industries. The impacts of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa mean that less polluting forms of energy must be consumed and at the same time the imbalance in energy services is essential for sustainable development and poverty reduction and renewable energy is a pre-requisite to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Social Forestry and Biodiversity Preservation (2001-2005)
 As part of a social forestry project CCDI supported a women’s cooperative in northern Nigeria with an agro forestry project, the establishment of seedling, nurseries and the production of fuel efficient stoves, as an income generating activity. In 2006 a proposed CCDI project, Replacing Firewood with Biogas for mass cooking and Environmental Protection won the Peer choice Award at the world Banks Development Marketplace event which took place in Washington DC.
Environmental Education For Schools and Colleges
(Child friendly school initiatives, waste management, water education, recycling 2001-2004).
Under this programme we have promoted alternative environmentally friendly technologies such as composting (to encourage waste recycling and horticulture), rainwater harvesting and to revive the habit of maintaining gardens in schools. We work directly with schools and have collaborated with UNICEF to run Workshops for primary school teachers, training them and facilitating these activities.
Small Scale Environmentally Friendly Project
 CCDI has run projects on Rain water Harvesting and Watershed Management which entailed construction of rainwater harvesting systems, capacity building in watershed protection (2000-2003). CCDI has also been involved in Self-sustaining production of catfish between (2001-2003).
Development of Products from renewable non-profit forest products.
Over a long period of time CCDI has consistently demonstrated strong interest, and also researched widely into activities/practices that aim at encouraging the economic uses of bamboo, rattan, oil palm.
Reduce Plastic Bags; Refresh Lagos
CCDI is embarking on a project to decrease the use of plastic bags in Lagos. We plan to pursue this by raising awareness and encouraging the use of cloth reusable bags. We have already facilitated the local production of a sample reusable bag and we are now partnering with businesses, government, and private citizens in order to raise awareness of the plastic bag problem in Lagos.
Evidence of a plastic bag problem in
Lagos is all around us. While plastic bags are generously given away and
discarded after a single use, many people are not aware of how the overuse of
plastic bags affects us all. Major threats to Lagos from plastic bags include:
- Blockage of storm water drainage
systems that make waste management more difficult.
- Disposing of used bags in
dumpsites that pollute the environment near our homes and businesses.
- Increased air pollution from
burning at dumpsites.
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