Youths Stage Climate Caravan Walk, Demand Justice For Nigeria, Africa

Some youths in Ibadan, Oyo State, have held a climate caravan walk calling on developed countries to make immediate compensations for their contributions to the effect of climate change.

They demanded climate justice for Africa and Nigeria, in particular, because of their contributions to the effects of climate change.

The youths who took to the streets of Ibadan, from UI gate through Bodija-Ashi Junction, also demanded the immediate implementation of COP28 climate change conference promises, access to climate finance by vulnerable communities, cancellation of debt burden used to address climate crises, grants, and immediate climate action.

The executive director of Eco Science Generation Initiative, Miss Jumoke Omodeni, advocated for wealthy developed countries to strengthen climate resilience for vulnerable communities, citing recent droughts, floods, hunger, and displacement in Nigeria as some of the threatening effects.

Also speaking, a climate change enthusiast, Mr James Alabi and a renewable energy advocate, Mr Adeyemi Adebisi of Climate Solutions Limited, who believed that addressing the impact of climate change was a collective responsibility, said it was unfortunate that Africa is negatively affected by climate change created mainly by developed countries, hence the need for proper climate finance for the continent.

“Africa constitutes less than 20 per cent of the emission in the global world, and that is why countries that are contributing to the emission are compelled to contribute to financing mitigation measures”.

He said, “We can see the effect, excessive temperature rise, ocean rise which has led to flood as we see in different parts of Nigeria: