Climate Change, Global Warming and Threats to Nigerian Vision 20:2020: A Sustainability Framework

Kofoworola Aderogba

International Journal of Management Sciences, 2013, vol. 1, issue 9, 325-340

Abstract: Given the country’s considerable resource endowment and coastal location, there are potentials for strong growth and development. Yet, little of these potentials have only been realised; and the effects of global warming and climate change are ravaging. It is in the light of these that this work is looking into the challenges of global warming and climate change vis a vis sustainable development in Nigeria and put forward a framework for sustainability of social and economic sectors. The work is based on both primary and secondary sources of data and information. Nigeria is excellent in policy formulation and envisioning of lofty ideas towards sustainable growth and development. These have resulted into a number of organs, agencies, programmes and others of governments, government parastatals and agencies. But global warming, climate change, and lack of political wills, indiscipline and unpatriotic tendencies for implementation remains abacus and defy to sustainability. Long term priority towards mitigating the effects of climate change and global warming and the overall consequences on the environment of man may include but not necessarily limited to phasing out fossil fuel electricity; evolving and deploying low-carbon and zero-carbon technologies; improving energy efficiency; greening transportation; reviving up renewables; ensuring sustainable development, managing forests and agriculture, and exploring nuclear power. Agricultural sector must be encouraged and supported far more than the aspiration of vision 2020; and the sector may not have to diversify more than vision 20:2020 anticipated. Irrigation must be massive particularly in the dry north to counter the effects of rising temperature on rain-fed yields.

Keywords: Nigeria potentials; vision 20:2020; climate change; threats; sustainability. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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