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As part of the effort to increase climatic resilience and promote nature -based solutions in Nigerian community, climatic experts, academy and civil society organizations recently gathered in a seminar to suggest the way to follow. Helen Oji reports.
The experts recently met at the National University Commission (NUC), where issues were discussed on the border with climatic resilience and the need to discuss nature -based solutions between the communities in Nigeria.
The seminar, which was at random of the pan African Climate Justice Alliance (Pacja), and of the African coalition for the African coalition of sustainable energy for energy and sustainable access (ACSEA) have attracted participants and key stakeholders by the Federal Ministry of the Environment, by the National Council on Climate Changes (NCCC) and other development partners. Others are researchers, actors of civil society and government officials
At the two -day national conference, the discussions focused on the strengthening of inclusive defense, improving the resilience of the community and on the promotion of environmental management through the different landscapes of Nigeria.
Reason for the seminary
While set the ball that turned to the well -attended workshop, the president of the board of directors of the Nigerian environmental study team (Nest), prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, needs to need action with respect to rhetoric, also reflecting on Nest’s 38 -year binding in an environmental development and sustainable development.
He also reformulated: “We must not be seen to speak too much but do too little”,
Keeping his speech in the seminary, the Minister of the Environment, Balarabe Lawal, reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment in the initiatives aligned with contributions (NDC) determined at national level of Nigeria pursuant to the Paris agreement.
Represented by the director of the Department of Climate Changes, dr. InioBong Abiola-Awe, the minister underlined the need for urgency in the proactive adaptation measures aimed at safeguarding the economic stability of the eco-system of Nigeria.
A global challenge
He observed that, despite the advent of the Naspa-Cncn and the Climate Change Act, climate change remained a global challenge with local consequences, reaffirming the need to start developing a adaptive capacity now, especially for the most vulnerable populations. “
He tracked down the climate political journey of Nigeria from the national adaptation strategy and the action plan on climate change for Nigeria (Naspa-CCN) in 2011 to the issue of the Climatic Change Law in 2021, which now acts as a legal anchor of the nation for climatic action.
With the support of the Green Climate Fund, he observed that the Ministry has developed a national adaptation plan (NAP) plan and has conducted vulnerability assessments to identify climatic hotspots across the country.
He observed that it is also essential to incorporate sensitivity to conflict in climatic planning.
Dr. Abiola-Awe, which highlighted the links between the scarcity of resources and insecurity in some regions, praised Nest’s unrivaled commitment.
He then reiterated the promptness of the Ministry to guide the inclusive and climatic resilient development through strategic partnerships.
“We intentionally plan and authorize the communities to adapt to uncertainty. Together, we can build a sustainable Nigeria that leaves no one behind it,” he said.
Need for impact actions
On the need for great impact actions, the vice-chalking of Bingham University and the president of the occasion, prof. Haruna Kuje Ayuba, while offering a main address, welcomed the participants and offered a profound reflection on Nest’s inheritance.
“It is an honor to welcome you to all of you at this conference organized by the Nigerian environmental study team (Nest)”, “, said” for over 37 years, Nest has been a key catalyst to promote awareness of climate change, the defense and action within the environmental agenda of Nigeria. His work has contributed to modeling policies, mobilizing the communities and were a culture of responsibility.
“Nest’s vast search for climate impacts in Nigeria led to the formulation of the national adaptation strategy and the action plan on climate change in Nigeria (Naspa-CCN) in 2012, a fundamental document that laid the foundations for the following legislation.
“Nest as a guard dog,” said prof. Ayuba monitored policies, projects and environmental practices, considering the government and corporate entities responsible for their roles in sustainability.
Defense and research
Through defense and research, he said that there could be further contributions to the development of Nigeria’s legal paintings on climate change, in particular the promulgation of the law on climate change in 2021 and other institutional reforms. “
Speaking on the theme of the conference-“From the Naspa-CCN to the Climate Change Act in Nigeria: mapping of the route over 2030 towards sustainable development in Nigeria” -The prof. Ayuba described the theme as a testimony of Nigeria’s climal commitment.
“This journey, from the voluntary framework of Naspa-CCN to a binding legal structure pursuant to the Climate Change Act, illustrates a progressive dedication to the institutionalization of the climatic action.”
“Nigeria has made critical milestones on its climatic journey: from the signature of the Paris Agreement in 2015 to the presentation of its contributions determined at national level (NDC) and formulating its climate financial strategy (2018) and national policy on climate change (2021). These efforts have culminated in the law on climate change, which now provides a complete legal foundation for the climatic government.
“The legislation is only the beginning. The real work lies in the implementation, in the commitment of the parties concerned and in the alignment of climatic policies with national development priorities.”
Longtime commitment
Speaking also in the seminar, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Safety, which was represented by Dr. Wasiu Adedokun praised the Nigerian environmental action team (Nest) for his longtime commitment to promote serious climatic agriculture.
He has particularly praised Nest’s efforts inquipating the farmers of adaptive techniques to resist irregular weather patterns and environmental stress factors.
Dr. Adedokun also recognized the exceptional contributions of prof. David Okali Emeritus, immediate president of Nest Board, describing it as a “pioneer whose academic work and leadership have left a lasting imprint on environmental governance and national development of Nigeria”.
A key figure in the panorama of Nigerian climatic policies and in the sponsor of the Climate Change Act 2021, Sam Onuigbo, U marked the importance of education in the efforts of climatic adaptation.
He implored the interested parties, in particular those of the education sector, to integrate lessons on climate change in the curricula at all levels of schooling, underlining that environmental literacy is essential for building long -term resilience and modeling future leaders capable of responding to climatic realities.
In the word of the former director of the Department of Climate Changes, Dr. Peter Tarfa, in a keynote, described climate change as a serious threat to the socio-economic stability of Nigeria.
He warned that without effective governance, the country risks significant stopping stops of development.
“Effective governance is not limited to government alone, but involves a large framework of state and non -state actors,” he observed.
Identify other key players
The roles that should be interpreted by key stakeholders and players such as climatic-aging architecture, non-governmental organizations, academy, media and international partners-underlining the need for collaborative synergy.
He mentioned the growing balance of the impacts related to climate, from desertification to the North to sea level in the South, with cascade effects on agriculture, public health and national security.
He therefore asked for a correct integration of political, legal and institutional components such as legislation, technical backbone and execution.
In the climatic objectives of 2030 of Nigeria, dr. Tarfa reiterated the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of 20 % unconditionally and 47 % conditioned.
In the same way, post-2010 priorities, he said, should include climatic concerns in national planning to encourage innovation and expand access to climate financing.
However, it is up to challenges as a weak institutional capacity, poor inter-agency coordination, inadequate funding and limited public awareness.
He added: “Nigeria has paintings,” he underlined, “but Achille’s heel is implementation”.
Diversification as a way to go
Professoring a way out, a don della Taraba State University, dr. And Oruonye, who delivered a document on the role of the private sector in financing climatic resilience over 2030, expressed regrets for the acute vulnerability of Nigeria to climatic shock, underlining the need to diversify the sources of climate financing.
Oruonye has identified the absence of solid financial mechanisms such as a great obstacle, adding: “Nigeria needs over $ 177 billion by 2030 to achieve its climatic objectives,” he said,
Citing the estimate of the United Nations environment program (UNEP), he observed that less than 20% of the influence of climate funding between 2015 and 2020 came from national private sources without deliberate efforts to exploit private capital
Some of the barriers that explained include limited access to finance, political inconsistency, pipelines of weak projects, insufficient institutional capacity, regulatory uncertainty and absence of reliable climatic risk data.
Oruonye also supported public-private partnerships (PPP) as a forwarding path forward, suggesting that strategic incentives and legal safeguards could unlock investments in infrastructure resilient for renewable climate and energy.
For an agricultural economist, ta manga, who delivered another keynote entitled “the impact of the diversification of the sustenance on the resilience of climate change between rural families in the state of Kebbi, climate change, has supported, is the most significant environmental challenge of the 21st century, with radical effects on food safety, on access to water and on the level.
