From Godwin Agia, Jalingo
The African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ), a Non-governmental organization, in collaboration with OXFAM, has advocated for a State climate change strategic work plan to tackle obvious issues associated with Climate Change in Taraba State.
This was Contained in a communique issued at the end of a two-day workshop organized by the Non-governmental organization to intimate Participants with issues associated with Climate change, how it affects the economy of the state and how it can be quantified
The workshop was also aimed at developing participants’ skils on climate change, policies, governance, and financing for sustainable economic growth and development.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the workshop, the Climate Justice Project Coordinator, (AACI Project Lead Nigeria), Mr Kenneth Akpam, noted at the event that Taraba State based on its location in the Guinea Savanna ecological zone, with the tropical wet and dry climate and sub-humid climate characteristics, faces certain climate change issues among the global climate change challenges.
He identified such issues as increasing temperatures, more extreme weather events, and more variable rainfall patterns saying that they have negative impact on the states agriculture, water resources, and biodiversity.
The project coordinator said those issues must be collectively addressed for the overall benefit of the citizens and sustainable livelihoods as the world push towards net zero emission and compensation for Loss and Damages as a result of climate change.”
