In the last six years I have effectively engaged rural communities in Nigeria. My interactions with them revealed that climate change is a lived reality — not a technical issue. Changes in rainfall patterns, floods, heatwaves, and altered planting seasons are everyday disruptions the locals face and experience. Yet, the dominant climate response models ignore […]
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Farmers in the Dobi community of Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nigeria’s capital city have attributed their low harvest to climate change impact. Pointing out how the change in weather conditions brought by climate change is becoming a major threat to their survival. Driving into the community that is about 30
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Farmers at the Kwaita community in Kwali Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria’s capital city have continued to recount how they lost over 65% of their yam harvest to excessive heat caused by hot weather as a result of climate change. In the community that is predominantly farmers located a few kilometres from
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