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Top Nigerian environmentalist sees little coming out of COP30

Nigerian environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey poses for a photograph in Lagos, on September 15, 2025. [AFP]

Nnimmo Bassey, a prominent figure in the decades-long environmental struggles in Africa's largest oil-producing country, will next month attend yet another UN climate summit, this time in Brazil.

"Unfortunately!" smiles the Nigerian 67-year-old, who harbours little hope for the outcomes of this "ritual" in which states participate "while knowing that nothing serious will come of it."

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