#lagos

Rapid wetland loss and ‘real estate boom’ increasing flood risk in Lagos https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/rapid-wetland-loss-and-real-estate-boom-increasing-flood-risk-in-lagos/ #Lagos #environment #wetlands #flood #floods #flooding

#Lagos As traders prepare to open their shops and commuters begin their daily rush, he walks through mountains of refuse at various dumpsites with nothing but a hooked iron rod and a worn-out sack. His mission is simple: find discarded plastic bottles, sachet water nylons and food containers that can be sold to recycling agents before they disappear beneath fresh heaps of waste https://punchng.com/from-dumpsites-to-climate-action-the-untold-story-of-lagos-waste-pickers/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Climate change, urban growth fuel Lagos flooding https://phys.org/news/2026-07-climate-urban-growth-fuel-lagos.html #Lagos #environment #flood #floods #flooding #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

#Nairobi is projected to become #Africa's largest megacity by 2050, with its population expected to reach 57 million, according to Africapolis, due to rapid urbanisation. The city is set to overtake #Cairo and #Lagos to become the continent's most populous metropolitan area.