Advisor Tasks Youths On Climate Change

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Advisor, Hamza Lawal, Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network (NYCAN) , an NGO, says the effective combat of climate change and improved environmental sustainability rest on the shoulders of the youths.

Lawal, who is also a member, Steering Committee SustainNIGERIA, spoke at the children’s’ day celebration and the introduction of the Abuja Rio +20 on Sunday, at the Millennium Park, Abuja.

He said that this was so because children and the youths constituted more than 60 per cent of the total population of Nigeria and represented the generation mostly affected by climate change.

“Though climate change affects everyone, we bear the greatest brunt of its impact because it is in our time and in our children’s’ future that the full consequences would be felt,’’ he said

Lawmakers pass National Climate Change Commission Bill

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has passed a Bill for the establishment of the National Climate Change Commission.

This is the second time the House is passing the Bill after the harmonised version that was sent to the President was not assented to before the expiration of the last assembly.

Reacting to the bill’s passage the Nigeria Youth Climate Action Network commended the determination of the House for giving legislative backing to issues of climate change.

ICT and climate change, an important linkage.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) play major roles in climate change mitigation and adaptation. This is increasingly recognized within the climate change technology transfer negotiations. According to the World Development Report 2010, the use of ICT is predicted to reduce total greenhouse gases by 15% by 2020.