Tag: Climate Change

“Northern Nigeria mostly affected by climate change” – Environment Minister

Aminu Imam

Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziak Salako, has noted that the northern part of Nigeria is more vulnerable to climate change than other parts of the country. The Minister, who spoke during the launch of Report on ‘Mapping Climate Change Impact, Policy and Action in Nigeria’s 36 States including FCT‘, explained that the impact of climate change varies according to every region in the country. The Minister explained that the low rainfall in the region exposes the population, who are mostly farmers, to different climate change effects such as…

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President Buhari’s Feat On Climate Change ‘Historic’ – Group

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign, a voluntary think-tank group of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s feat on climate change, describing it as historic. The Group said President Buhari’s action early in the life of his administration by issuing a Sovereign Green Bond worth N10.69 billion in 2017 has singled him out as a global leader in the united effort against climate change , thus propelling Nigeria atop global players in climate change Mitigation effort. In a statement titled ‘Buhari’s Global Leadership on Climate Change’ signed by…

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Threatened by Climate Change, Food Scarcity, Flooding Endanger Communities

Aminu Imam

Khadijah Ishaq Bawas Nigeria and the rest of the world face a huge existential challenge occasioned by the effect of climate change, bringing about desertification, gully erosion, health challenges and draught with an attended food shortage that brings about forced migration, a major breeding condition for insecurity. Climate Change experts have warned that if urgent mitigation steps are not taken to reduce the volume of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere, the world as we know it will be completely destroyed in a matter of decades due to its catastrophic impact.…

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