• About
  • Become a Climate Reporter
  • Send Us Your Report
  • Submit A News
  • Support Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
Friday, May 9, 2025
NEWSLETTER
Africa Climate Reports
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • CLIMATE CHANGE
  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • FOOD
  • FOREST
  • ENERGY
  • WASH
  • LAND
  • OTHERS
    • FINANCE
    • HEALTH
    • OCEANS
    • TOP STORIES
    • MOST POPULAR
    • COLUMNISTS
    • INTERVIEWS
    • OPINIONS
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEOS
Africa Climate Reports
  • HOME
  • CLIMATE CHANGE
  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • FOOD
  • FOREST
  • ENERGY
  • WASH
  • LAND
  • OTHERS
    • FINANCE
    • HEALTH
    • OCEANS
    • TOP STORIES
    • MOST POPULAR
    • COLUMNISTS
    • INTERVIEWS
    • OPINIONS
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEOS
No Result
View All Result
Africa Climate Reports
No Result
View All Result

COP27: Nigeria assures inclusive of youths, women, vulnerable, others

by Jiata Ekele
December 1, 2022
in CLIMATE CHANGE, COP, Featured
0
Home CLIMATE CHANGE
0
SHARES
2
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
COP27, climate justice: FG assures inclusive of youths, women, vulnerable, others

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday assured that youths, women, vulnerable and other critical stakeholders would be strongly involved on 2022 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP27, in Egypt.

The Minister of Environment, Mr Mohammed Abdullahi, gave the assurance at a Pre-COP/Climate Justice Torch Campaign by some groups of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Abuja.

The Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), in collaboration with Young Digital Activists Volunteer, Gender and Environmental Risk Reduction Initiative (GERRI), Global Initiative for Gender and Environmental Sustainability, (GIGES), organised the campaign.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the COP 27 convention will take place in Egypt from Nov. 6 to Nov. 18, 2022.

RelatedPosts

Beninese Rice Farmers hail Climate Resilience and Regenerative Agriculture at Mega Field Day

Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows

The aim of the convention is to meet with some environmental experts from other countries to discuss how to combat dangerous human interference with the climate system on environmental issues and how such challenges could be address effectively.

Abdullahi said that the involvement of the youths, women and the vulnerable would provide opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas that would support strong implementation of crucial programmes and policies in the sector.

The Minister of Environment, Mr Mohammed Abdullahi

“The ministry is assuring that in the COP 27, the government will welcome the youths and women and other gender related activists to ensure that they make their voices count.

“The issues of loss, damage adaptation, climate finance, drought and other environmental challenges are all going to be addressed at COP 27.

“The protest is more like a friendly fire. Africa is suffering from all the climate change activities of the developed world.

“The ministry of environment is driving the COP 27 response from Nigeria this year,” he said.

Abdullahi said that the campaign by the organisations was actually pushing and energising the ministry to do what was supposed to be done.

“We have heard your voices and your advocacies which will be attended to,” he said.

Mr Stephen Abu, Programme Manager, CSDevNet, said that the essence of the campaign was to ensure the involvement of vulnerable, women and youths at the COP27.

Abu said that the voices of the marginalised, the oppressed, the vulnerable, the people from the rural communities should be heard at the convention and must be attended to.

“We have our messages clearly spelt out to the minister that as we head to COP 27, the climate disaster must be addressed effectively.

“The disaster which has damaged many property, claimed lives in Nigeria, ranging from drought in the North, to the issue of flooding in about 21 states must be attended to at the COP 27.

“We are calling on the government that the issue of adaptation, loss and damage and issue of climate finance is critical to us in Nigeria and Africa as well,” he said.

Excerpt from the event

Mrs Precious Kpenerriber, Executive Director GIGES, said that female gender should not be left behind.

“We are asking for justice for women, for the girls, for effective menstrual sanitation and hygiene, they are also affected.

“Flood, drought and other environmental issues have really destroyed our environment, thereby affecting the farm land of our poor women farmers.

“The impact of the flood is disastrous and most of the people affected are women and youths, leaving them homeless and stranded.

“These people deserve justice and compensation for the loss and damage,” she said.

Also, the Executive Director of GERRI, Mrs Elizabeth Jeiyol, said that flood has stripped most affected children from access to education in the country.

“We are calling out to the ministry to give assurance that at COP 27, the rights and interests of the people at the grassroots communities will be defended.

“We also want the voices of these people to be heard and we are demanding justice for them.

“They deserve climate justice and need resources to adapt to the impact of the crisis,” she said.

NAN reports that the organisations presented Climate Justice Torch, which represented light and Final Libreville Communique, which contained vital issues on climate justice, to the minister.

Culled from NAN: (www.nannews.ng)

Tags: climate changeClimate JusticeCOP 27genderinclusivityUNFCCCvulnerableYouth
ShareTweetSendShare
Jiata Ekele

Jiata Ekele

Jiata Ekele is a Staff Writer at the Africa Climate Reports (ACR).

Related Posts

Beninese Rice Farmers hail Climate Resilience and Regenerative Agriculture  at Mega Field Day
Atâyi Babs LIVE!

Beninese Rice Farmers hail Climate Resilience and Regenerative Agriculture at Mega Field Day

April 22, 2025

An expert displaying how decarbonisation practices reduce biogenic methane from rice cultivation By Atayi Babs Food and agricultural systems are...

Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows
CLIMATE CHANGE

Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows

March 12, 2025

People move through a dusty road, as air quality reduces ahead of the winter in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 4, 2024....

Next Post
Marche ce jour dans les rues de Charm El-Cheikh : Au nom de la justice climatique

Marche ce jour dans les rues de Charm El-Cheikh : Au nom de la justice climatique

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recommended

Beninese Rice Farmers hail Climate Resilience and Regenerative Agriculture  at Mega Field Day

Beninese Rice Farmers hail Climate Resilience and Regenerative Agriculture at Mega Field Day

2 weeks ago
Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows

Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows

2 months ago
South Sudan shuts schools for two weeks after students collapse due to extreme heat

South Sudan shuts schools for two weeks after students collapse due to extreme heat

2 months ago
‘Surrounded by an Ocean of Sand’: Desertification pushes Ancient City to the brink of oblivion

‘Surrounded by an Ocean of Sand’: Desertification pushes Ancient City to the brink of oblivion

2 months ago
UN urges immediate Climate Action to cool “Season of Fire and Floods” Worldwide

Botswana flash floods kill seven, displace thousands

3 months ago
Radio’s commanding power in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Radio’s commanding power in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

3 months ago

Popular News

    Social Media

    ABOUT US

    Africa Climate Reports is Africa’s first and largest bilingual journal dedicated to opening new vistas in the coverage and reportage of climate change and the region’s environment. With a multi-lingual team of talented reporters from across the continent, we tell the African climate story in a refreshingly lucid, communally engaging and technically robust manner.

    SITE LINK

    • About
    • Advertise
    • Careers

    OTHER LINKS

    • About
    • Become a Climate Reporter
    • Send Us Your Report
    • Submit A News
    • Support Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us

    NEWSLETTER

    Be the first to get notified when we have something new to share. Get Africa Climate Reports newsletter directly into your email.
    we promise not to spam you!
    • About
    • Advertise
    • Careers

    © 2024 All Rights Reserved- Africa Climate Report - Designed by Prexy

    No Result
    View All Result
    • HOME
    • CLIMATE CHANGE
    • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
    • FOOD
    • FOREST
    • ENERGY
    • WASH
    • LAND
    • OTHERS
      • FINANCE
      • HEALTH
      • OCEANS
      • TOP STORIES
      • MOST POPULAR
      • COLUMNISTS
      • INTERVIEWS
      • OPINIONS
      • PHOTOS
      • VIDEOS

    © 2024 All Rights Reserved- Africa Climate Report - Designed by Prexy