President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has warned of the possible consequences of climate change to create food insecurity in Africa by the year 2050 which can further deepen poverty situation in the continent.
The President who stated this on November 27 at the Africa Regional Human Development Report launch, which has as its theme, "Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World," by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Abuja, noted that although Africa contributes the least percentage in terms of activities that are damaging the environment, the continent is the most vulnerable, with the least capacity to protect them.
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He stressed the need for countries to find alternatives to sources of Green House Emissions, while developed countries must live up to their obligations in preventing a global disaster, especially as they are the greatest contributors to environmental damages.
Minister of Housing and Environment, Mrs. Halima Tayo Alao, said the Nicholas Stern's report and the Fourth Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on climate change, has emphasised the seriousness of the threats to lives. Full Story
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