Nigeria loses over $100 billion annually to climate change impacts such as flooding, desertification, deforestation and air pollution, the Nigerian Environmental Summit Group (NESUG) has said.
Speaking at a Legislative Roundtable on Climate, Environment and Sustainable Health in Abuja, NESUG Executive Secretary, Rita Michael-Ojo, noted that more than 150 million Nigerians still live below the poverty line, facing energy insecurity, poor water quality and environmental degradation. She stressed that Nigeria must urgently integrate energy, environmental and health policies to build a resilient and sustainable future.
Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that climate-related disasters displaced about 250 million people globally over the past decade. The agency said climate change is a major “risk multiplier” worsening conflict, inequality and forced displacement, adding that conflict-affected countries hosting refugees receive only a quarter of the climate finance they require.
