Climate change: Expert urges stakeholders in NigerDelta to remain committed to mitigate effects

Climate change: Expert urges stakeholders in NigerDelta to remain committed to mitigate effects

Climate
By Deborah Coker
Benin, Feb. 18, 2020 (NAN) An environmentalist, Prof. Andrew Onokerhorays has urged key stakeholders in the Niger Delta to remain focused and committed to mitigating the effect of climate change in the region.

Onokerhoraye, the Executive Director, Center for Population and Environmental Development (CPED), gave the charge at a meeting on climate change project on Tuesday in Benin.

The professor emeritus stressed the need for such commitment and focus on the menace, saying that climate change had become a major challenge worldwide.

The theme of the meeting was: “Empowering Women as Key Leaders in Promoting Community Based Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risks Reduction Initiatives in Niger Delta Region”.

Onoherhoraye said that the project was designed to help states implement policies on climate change seamlessly.

He said that of the 36 states of the federation, Delta was the first to articulate a policy on climate change.

Prof. May Nwoye, the Executive Director, Intervention Council of Women in Africa (ICWA) said that women were most vulnerable to the impact of climate change.

She stressed that their participation was necessary to finding lasting solution to the effects of climate change on livelihood and the environment.

Many key stakeholders were represented at the project briefing meeting including Prof. Gideon Omuta of CPED, Dr Melanie Robertson of the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, among others. (NAN)
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Edited by Ejike Obeta/Grace Yussuf