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Examining the Effectiveness of Indigenous Language in Climate Change Communication in Communities of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

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Adamawa State University Journal of Scientific Research, Issue 1, 2024 Volume 12 AUTHOR: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Effective communication that will enable the people particularly the rural dwellers to better understand Climate Change issues, continues to be a challenge confronting mitigation and adaptation action. In a sample representation of estimated 141,116 populations in the Jiwa …

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Examining the Impact of Climate Change on FCT-Abuja Farmers

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Nigerian Journal of Policy and Strategy, Volume 21, No. 1, 2024 ©National Institute, Kuru (ISSN – 0189 5923) AUTHOR: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Since Climate Change became a global challenge, farmers appear to be the worst hit with its consequences impacting food and agriculture. In a sample representation from populations in six communities of Federal …

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Nigeria's Non-Compliance With Disclosure a Challenge to Extractive Transparency 

Nigeria’s Non-Compliance With Disclosure a Challenge to Extractive Transparency 

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The Nigerian state’s non-compliance with disclosure continues to be a challenge confronting its extractive industry transparency. Nowhere does non-compliance happen like the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saddled with the responsibility of managing and harnessing Nigeria’s oil and gas. The non-disclosure by the NPPC in the way it carries out activities in the extractive sector …

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We are yet to effectively communicate climate chage

We are yet to effectively communicate climate change

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In 2015, the Comity of Nations put in place the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change. The agreement is considered a landmark effort in addressing Climate Change, it is a binding agreement that brings together nations for a collective cause to embark on determining work to fight climate change and adapt …

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Climate Change Education Must Adopt Dialogue & Negotiation 

Climate Change Education Must Adopt Dialogue & Negotiation 

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Our approach to communicating Climate Change has to adopt dialogue and negotiation, and not only focus on campaign and advocacy. This will facilitate trust-building, empowerment, efficiency, accountability, and sustainability among community members. It will further allow for effective participation that will create room for both development agents and communities to learn, re-learn, and have an …

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How Climate Change Impacts Students in Sokoto

How Climate Change Impacts Students in Sokoto

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Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North-west Nigeria in different accounts, narrated how hot weather conditions triggered by climate change are impacting them. Some of the students link their poor academic performance to hot weather, which they say makes it difficult for them to attend classes and learn in a conducive environment. Jibrin Mutar, a …

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Poor Participation, Reason Climate Change Interventions Fail 

Poor Participatory Communication, Reason Climate Change Interventions Fail

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Over the years, practitioners who design Climate Change interventions, have continued to adopt approaches that allow community and strategic stakeholders participation to be only an avenue to extract information, rather than allowing for effective participation.   They often follow Rapid Rural Appraisal and Participatory Rural Appraisal approaches which have since been replaced by Participatory Learning and …

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Time for Climate Channge Action is now

Time for Climate Channge Action is now

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Having seen the impacts of climate change on rural farmers and rural settlements, we appeal to climate researchers and environmental activists to raise their voices in pushing advocacy and campaigns for climate justice and resilience actions. The campaign is most fundamental because we have seen climate change becoming a major threat facing rural farmers in …

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Climate Change worsens life for Cocoa farmers

Climate Change worsens life for Cocoa farmers

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Cocoa farmers in Osun State, South-west Nigeria, are recounting how climate change is resulting in poor harvests, making them lose income and pushing them into unimaginable poverty. In a focused group discussion of five farmers led by Mr. Olu Abayomi, the farmers told MAWA-Foundation that Climate change is adversely impacting on them. In their narratives, …

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Indigenous Knowledge Central to Climate Change Solution

Indigenous Knowledge Central to Climate Change Solution

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Development practitioners must do away with the arrogant belief that they have superior knowledge over issues that affect communities. In designing a community intervention approach, overall participation in the process is fundamental. In doing that, community involvement rooted in indigenous knowledge brings acceptability, success, and sustainability. In designing Climate Change Solutions, indigenous knowledge integration and …

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