The Rufford Foundation, a charitable organisation based in the United Kingdom, has organised a seminar to empower secondary school teachers in Ilorin, Kwara State with relevant knowledge and skills to teach climate change effectively.
   
The seminar, titled, “Combating Climate Change through Education, Nursery Establishment, and Tree Planting in Ilorin”, focused on empowering teachers with accurate information, practical strategies, causes, effects of climate change, and mitigation efforts to reduce its impact. 
   
The teachers were also trained on essential advocacy skills such as effective communication, networking, data interpretation, and storytelling, to help them engage students more effectively.
   
Speaking at the event, the Project Team Leader, Farhan Jimba, stressed the need for structured climate education in schools, noting that the fight against climate change begins in the classroom. 
   
“If our children grow up understanding the problem and how they can be part of the solution, we are building a generation of informed and responsible citizens,” he stated. 

He urged Kwara State government to collaborate with non government organisations (NGOs) and environmental organisations to integrate climate change education into the school curriculum, which must be deliberate and accessible to all students, as climate literacy is now a necessity, not a choice.
       
One of the beneficiaries of the seminar, Lawal Olayinka, expressed deep appreciation to the organiser, pointing out that climate literacy is a must for all and sundry.  Olayinka, who teaches at Government Day Secondary School, highlighted the benefits of the programme in fighting the climate change crisis.