‘Climate change remain
one of the biggest challenge facing the world today, from storms in America to
heat waves in India and recalling the 2012 floods in Nigeria that eroded the
small gains in development and democracy. We are reminded of need for
leadership and the required but urgent and rigorous action on climate change’, Esther Agbarakwe.
‘When it comes to
climate change, people generally look towards experts for solutions forgetting
to engage us, young people. As young Nigerians we are more disproportionately
We
commend President Muhammadu Buhari for making Climate Change one of his top
Policy actions and we express hope that the leadership we lacked in the years
past will be demonstrated especially now as we transits from Millennium
Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals and the new Climate Change
Agreement to be decided in Paris during the Conference of parties (COP 21)
later this year.
‘We call on the President
to focus on investing more in renewable energy which can create millions of job
for young people and support local efforts in bridging the intergenerational gap
in climate leadership. We also ask the President to give young people a voice
in climate decision making at all levels’ Lawal stressed.
‘As young people are
working under the umbrella of the Nigeria Youth Climate Coalition (NYCC) and
the African Youth Initiative on Climate change (AYICC) to empower each other
through peer education, policy advocacy and social media awareness campaign
such as #ClimateWednesday’
Esther confirmed.
We
are hopeful that Nigeria will take her leadership place in the regional and
international agenda in the fight against climate change and we are ready to
support and hold the government accountable.
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