Kaka Ali once came close to ending his life. The 27-year-old farmer, displaced by conflict in North East Nigeria, said he lay restless on a thin mat in the ‘Water Board’ displacement camp in Monguno, Borno State, his mind crowded with unpaid debts and hungry mouths. Collectors showed up at his tarpaulin shelter and cornered …
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Changing climates are having serious environmental impacts across different parts of the world, and Maiduguri in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, is not exempted from this. Currently faced with a 12-year-old insurgency with its ever-changing dynamics, resource access has become far more limited in the state capital than ever before. The insurgency, which has displaced millions …
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A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and University of Oxford survey released in January has shown a direct link between a person’s level of education and their desire for climate action. The UNDP’s “Peoples’ Climate Vote” by 1.2 million respondents is considered the world’s largest survey of public opinion on climate change. Although the survey …
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Nigeria’s food security is under attack as climate change continues to disrupt farming activities for smallholders. 70 per cent of rural dwellers are subsistence farmers, who produce about 90 per cent of Nigeria’s food. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the disruption by climate change is affecting food production across the country. …
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