Climate Curve

GoGreen Environmental Health Sustainabilty Initiatives (GOEHSI)

Org Type

Nonprofit

Year Founded

2024

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How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:

['Replaces/avoids GHGs (e.g., projects that replace sources of GHGs, such as the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, transport, or other energy uses)', 'Reduces GHGs (e.g., projects that reduce sources of GHGs, such as through efficiency or other changes in consumption)', 'Removes/stores GHGs (e.g., projects that capture, sequester, or otherwise enhance the "sinks" that accumulate and store GHGs)']

Impact on Underrepresented Groups:

Our project actively empowers underrepresented and climate-vulnerable groups, particularly women, youth, and rural communities, by providing access to clean energy, sustainable livelihoods, and climate education. Women and youth are often disproportionately affected by energy poverty and deforestation, yet they play a central role in household energy management and local agricultural practices. By prioritizing their participation, our initiatives ensure these groups benefit directly from biogas adoption and economic tree planting.

We engage local women and youth as climate champions, training them to install, operate, and maintain biogas systems, manage nurseries, and monitor tree growth. This not only builds technical skills but also creates leadership opportunities, strengthens income-generating capacities, and fosters long-term community resilience.

Within our organization, women hold leadership and program management roles, while youth actively participate in decision-making, outreach, and monitoring processes. Our inclusive governance structure ensures that underrepresented voices shape project design, implementation, and evaluation.

Through these strategies, the project not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enhances carbon sequestration but also builds climate literacy, leadership, and economic empowerment among groups that are often excluded from mainstream climate solutions, creating equitable and sustainable impact.

Website:

http://www.gogreen.org.ng

Mission Statement:

Our mission is to drive climate solutions that cut greenhouse gas emissions while improving livelihoods. By promoting biogas production and economic tree planting, we support renewable energy, carbon sequestration, and net-zero goals. We implement scalable, community-owned actions that address energy poverty, environmental degradation, and climate change with economic benefits globally.

Link: Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558438482939

Link: Twitter:

https://x.com/GoGreenGOEHSI