The groups, namely, ActionAid Nigeria, Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria , Activista Youth Platform, Environmental Rights Action Friends of the Earth and Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative , lamented that the planet was heating up even more quickly than expected with a looming disasters just around the corner.
She noted that if the global community does not get their act together to transform the current economic model that is so harmful to the planet and health, or to implement strategies to become more resilient to impacts of climate change, human beings would likely be locked into escalating temperatures in which survival would be very difficult.
Against this background, Obi called on the federal government to, “protect citizens from the impacts of climate change bearing in mind the gender differences as regards climate impact, risks and adaptive capacity especially for women and gins, persons with disability and farmers who often bear the great brunt of climate change National policies and plans to strengthen adaptation and responding to climate emergencies should urgently be implemented.
This requires proactive measures.