Counting Costs of Climate Change. By Stanley Ijeoma

CLIMATE change has finally come home; yes our lives have been invaded by floods of fury and other freak weather events that we currently grapple with.  From Lokoja to Onitsha, down to Yenogoa and moving north of the Niger to Makurdi, Adamawa and Taraba; it has been tales of woe, sorrow, anger and disappointment.  Confusion and utter bewilderment were clearly written on the faces of the governors of these states–I do not know of any state governor or minister in Nigeria today, including the Federal Capital Territory, that has appointed a cabinet level Adviser or Special Assistant on Climate Change –strictly climate change, specifically! Climate change deserves to be unbundled from the environment portfolio –at least at advisory levels -because of its cross cutting nature that requires specialized multi-sectoral knowledge.

Nigeria & Climate Change Adaptation. By Stanley Ijeoma

Climate change is on the minds of every country, but perhaps nowhere will the effects be so dramatic or potentially calamitous as in Africa. Stanley Ijeoma, a foremost "Enviropreneur" and one of only two Africans on the Board of World Council for Renewable Energy, shares his vision for what will be necessary for Nigeria to adapt to the impending impacts of climate change. 

The article identifies a set of eight strategies that involve both governmental action as well as private sector investments and address economic, infrastructure, education and social aspects of Nigerian life.