Climate Change: CSOs Consider COP 27th Conference Outcome 

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the umbrella of Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet) have deliberated on the outcome of COP27th climate change conference for effective implementation of climate issues across the country.
The Network called on government at all levels and relevant stakeholders to intensify efforts to ensure that issues deliberated at the COP27 conference, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in 2022, on climate change challenges were strongly implemented.
The organisations said this at a Post COP 27 Multi-Stakeholders National Consultative Dialogue, organised by the CSDevNet, Wednesday, in Abuja.
The Chair, Board of Trustees of the CSDevNet, Prof. Ibrahim Choji, said the essence of the meeting was to view the outcome of the COP27 and to proffer a way forward as a country.
Choji, who expressed worry over slow implementation of climate change issues, called all relevant stakeholders and government agencies to put more effort into addressing the climate challenges in the country.
According to him, the implementation of climate change is a bit slow in Nigeria compared to other African countries such as Egypt, South Africa and Kenya.
“So, the essence of this meeting is to engineer more actions so that we can pressurise the government on its toes to be able to tackle climate change challenges in our various communities across the country.
“The President, Muhammadu Buhari, in 2022 signed the Climate Change Bill into law. It is a good move, it shows that the implementation will be effective.
“But the CSOs, the Non-Governmental Organisations and other stakeholders should work together and pressurise the government to think of further actions on the issues,’’ he said.
Choji said heavy floods, which destroyed property and lives in 2022, should properly be addressed, adding that the issues would continue in frequency, if the trend could not be reversed by building climate resilience.