Despite directly impacting our communities, health, and livelihoods, climate-related reports usually take a back seat to dominant news beats like politics and business.
At the conference, the Lagos state government launched its climate adaptation and resilience plan and its climate change mainstreaming strategy. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, who was represented by Obafemi Hamzat, his deputy, said the state is taking significant steps towards climate adaptation. Sanwo-Olu said the plan would be a guideline for Lagos to align with its climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy.
BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation, says the federal government needs to prioritise strict coordination and implementation of climate change projects. Gabriel Okeowo, BudgIT’s country director, spoke at a stakeholders’ event in Abuja on June 12. Okeowo said the implementation of climate change projects will help promote data generation, monitoring and evaluation, maintenance, and tracking of commitment progress.