Nigeria stands to lose 11% GDP to climate change

Samuel Bello, Abuja

The Institute for Public Policy Analysis and Management (IPPAM) on Thursday said that, by 2020, Nigeria stands to lose 11 percent of GDP to climate change if an aggressive climate policy is not put in place to sustain the social and economic development in the country.

Speaking at a one-day public policy roundtable series with the theme: “Climate Change, Livelihoods and Public Policy Responses in Nigeria”, Vice Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme University, Ebonyi, Prof. Chinedum Nwajuiba, said the country’s Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) in some instances is inconsistent with Nigeria’s National Determined Contribution (NDC), which should be the pillar of sustainable development in the country.

According to him, “If the NDC is supposed to be the central pillar of…