Stakeholders call for collective effort to mitigate effects of climate change

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By Okeoghene Akubuike

Stakeholders in the Environment sector have called for collective efforts towards mitigating the effects of climate change.

They made this call during the National Consultations on Pre-Conference of Parties(COP 25)  workshop organised by Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet) in Abuja on Wednesday.

Dr Uzodinma Adirieje, President, Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria, said that humans were the most affected by climate change.

Adirieje said it was important for everyone to collectively protect the environment and mitigate the impact of climate change.

He said more than half of the SDGs were linked to climate change which showed how important it was to tackle the issue.

“We are at a big cross road in human development. Everything nature has bestowed on us is at war with human beings.

“From the technologies we apply to the pollution we are all inhaling, to the refuse scattered around both…



Source: News Agency of Nigeria