COP27: CJID to launch three research papers, discuss climate change in West Africa
As representatives from countries across the world will be convening in Egypt for the 27th Conference of the Parties, COP27, stakeholders working on Climate Change across the Anglophone countries are set to meet in Abuja for a one-day summit today, Thursday, 27 October, to discuss pertinent issues as regards climate change in the continent.Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development
The research papers explored climate change and related issues as follows; Feasibility of the Nationally Determined Contributions in West Africa; Impact of Climate Change on Female Farmers in Nigeria and Ghana; Impact of Russia/Ukraine Crisis on Energy Transition and Africa’s Focus at COP 27 and the Global Climate Change Debate.
Tobi Oluwatola, the Executive Director of CJID will give welcome remarks while some of the stakeholders expected at the event include Dayo Olaide, the Deputy Director of the Nigerian Office, MacArthur Foundation; a renowned global climate change expert, Chukwumerije Okereke; former Nigerian Minister of Power, Lanre Babalola; Ministry of Environment, Department of Climate Change ,, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency , FCT Federal Emergency Management Agency , Natural Resource Governance...