Sanwo-Olu, minister seek proactive action against climate change

Lagos govt unveils five-year action plan

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, urged a proactive action that would protect humanity against the effect of climate change.

The world, he said, was at a point where climate change is not a territorial threat but a common phenomenon.
 
According to him, it is imperative to address the pertinent issues of climate change because of its pivotal impact on the key economic area of agriculture, health and sustainable socio-economic growth.

ALSO, the Minister of Environment, Mr. Mohammad Abubakar, noted the danger of climate change and its attendant consequences, stressing that its adverse impact is on the rise as well as threatening human existence globally.

He noted that President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved the revised national climate change policy and the national climate change programme for Nigeria to capture ongoing input not reflected in the previous policy.
 
The programme action plan, he said, would run through 2021-2030.

He implored Nigerians to do everything possible to use the carbon footprints and adopt sustainability for the sake of generation yet unborn.

Earlier, Lagos Commissioner of the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, said the Lagos International Climate Change Summit since its inception in 2009 had become a melting pot for researchers, investors, academicians and stakeholders in the environment and economic sectors where notable decisions and actions were taken.