2018
The Future of Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Opportunities for Growth in a Green Economy
Effective Waste Management:
In this panel discussion, effective waste management was proffered as an enabling tool to growing Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for harnessing waste to wealth and a green economy.
Green Economy In Nigeria:
In this panel discussion, effective waste management was proffered as an enabling tool to Growing Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) for harnessing waste to wealth and a green economy.
Green Economy: a panacea for the future of Sustainable Development in Nigeria - Opportunities for Growth.
This panel discussion elucidated on how green economy can be used as strategic tool for mitigating the effects of climate change. targeted at dif- ferent stakeholders and awareness campaigns was discussed.The importance and benefits of education at various levels and targeted at different stakeholders and awareness campaigns was discussed. The keynote speech was delivered by Professor Aliyu Jauro, DG of NESREA.
Corporate Governance:
Ethical & Strategic Leadership
This aspect of the discourse aimed on the role of corporate governance, ethical and strategic leadership in ensuring social, economic and environ- mental sustainability.
The Future of Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Opportunities for Growth in a Green Economy
2019
The Future of Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Achieving Economic Growth with Low Carbon Trajectory in a Circular Economy
Food Security and Climate Change Panel:
This panel discussion focused on the impact of climate change on food security in Nigeria with a view to proffering solutions on strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on the environment generally and food security in particular.
Gender Equality Panel:
This panel discussion focused on the importance of gender equality as it relates to sustainability; climate resilience and adaptation. In this panel discussion, the importance of gender equality in achieving a green economy and mitigating the effects of climate change was addressed amongst more.
Climate Financing Panel:
This panel discussion focused on the opportunities available for financing sustainable projects.
Renewable Energy Financing, Appropriate financing options for renewable energy installations and energy storage/ power optimization might be a solution to energy poverty in low income livelihoods.
Fireside Chat:
Sustainability & Fashion : Green is the new black
Producing clothes, shoes and accessories in environmentally and socioeconomically sustainable manners, but also about more sustainable patterns of consumption and use ethical purchasing, which necessitate shifts in individual attitudes and behaviour.
The Future of Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Achieving Economic Growth with Low Carbon Trajectory in a Circular Economy
2020
BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TO ACHIEVE THE SDGs: Leveraging Technology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
With a view of achieving the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); 17 SDGs, 102 targets and 200 indicators, there is a burning need to leverage on technology as a strategic tool and accelerator, for collaboration, leapfrogging and establishing connections.
The SDGs has a revenue-generating potential of at least $12 trillion worth of unlocked opportunities by 2030 across numerous sectors spanning agriculture, health, creative industry, education and mobility sectors and largely from emerging economies. The panel breakout session explicate on how to achieve these aided by technology. The importance of embracing broadband penetration completely and see the internet as a strategic tool and realise that the digital economy is going exist.
We focused on how to collectively bridge the digital divide to accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This was done by elucidating on best methods and strategies to bolster; One, impact knowledge on how to scale from leadership to responsibility; Two, reducing inequalities leveraging technology and broadband.
The Sustainability Table Discourse Series 2020 focused on opportunities available to bring the SDGs to scale through investments in telecommunications infrastructure that will enable recalibration of the Nigerian Economy to a digital and circular one. This will create economic development opportunities for improved healthcare (telemedicine), banking and finance (ecommerce and electronic solutions) for financial inclusion, education (virtual learning, machine learning), security (bio-security and cyber-security), internet of things (IoT), technology for crisis and natural disaster management, as well as a general spiral growth towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TO ACHIEVE THE SDGs: Leveraging Technology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
2021
NEW PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
At the heart of the discuss were two insightful and revelatory panel discussions which centered on:
Sustainable job creation for economic prosperity in a circular economy.
Effective waste management and pollution control in a circular economy.
The diverse panelists brought to bear their experience and expertise as they shared ideas, made salient points and granted insight into why it is expedient to take the issue of sustainability seriously in Nigeria.
Attendees of the thought provoking discourse expressed their satisfaction with how well issues have been deliberated during the programme.
NEW PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (sdgs) IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR): Opportunities for Growth in a Circular Economy
Sustainable Development Goals (sdgs) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
This panel discussion elucidated on the wake of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and how the potential of the country lies in rapid digitization which would leapfrog the country’s economic development and achieve the sdgs.
The discourse also deliberated on how to leverage technology as a strategic tool and accelerator for collaboration, leapfrogging, and establishing connections. for economic prosperity.
Effective Electrical Electronic Waste Management
This panel elucidated how effective e-waste management can be used as a strategic tool and panacea for a green economy.
The discourse also addressed the role of EPRON, NESREA, and private sector participants in reducing the menace of haphazard management of WEEE (Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment) through an all inclusive approach to achieve a circular economy.
