Opinion: Climate Change and Conflict In West Africa (3), By Rafiq Raji
In March 2017, the United Nations Security Council identified climate change and ecological changes as factors responsible for Lake Chad’s instability. The UN plans to facilitate the raising of $50 billion to regenerate Lake Chad by transferring water from more abundant Central African lakes into it.
Nigerian authorities view the root of the crisis as the shrinking of Lake Chad. Food shortages and violence have already forced at least 2.4 million people to flee the Lake Chad area. In March 2017, the United Nations Security Council identified climate change and ecological changes as factors responsible for Lake Chad’s instability. The UN plans to facilitate the raising of $50 billion to regenerate Lake Chad by transferring water from more abundant Central African lakes into it.
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