Climate Change and Adaptation in Nigeria: Some Background to Nigeria’s Response – Part I

摘要

This first part of the larger paper raises fundamental issues about climate change and some aspects of Nigeria’s response to it. It describes the global nature of the phenomenon and identifies some of its manifestations in Nigeria. These include the increasing incidences of flood in the various parts of the country and growing severity of drought in the Sudano-Sahelian zone among others. Issues relating to adaptation in the country are presented with an outline of guidelines for possible implementation. In sum, this part of the paper sets the platform for the examination of the phenomenon of climate change using long-term data on rainfall and temperature. It also creates the basis for the assessment of the county’s vulnerability to the change and potentials for adaptations to minimize the actual and anticipated impacts particularly in the agriculture sector which are reported in Parts II and III.