Senate moves against climate change, increasing gas emission

Speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja over the development, the chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, Lawal Hassan Anka , disclosed that the summit will have “Collective Action for Gas Emission Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation in Nigeria” as its theme.

He said Nigeria is a high net gas emitter and has consistently ranked among the 10th highest gas emitting countries in the world. “Cumulatively, the country has witnessed the Lake Chad Basin rapidly drying up and the entire country has also been assailed by climate-induced conflicts leading to high human casualties and unquantifiable material losses.”

The main gases responsible for the greenhouse effect include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapour , and fluorinated gases , Daily POST reports.

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