04/02/2025
-National Expert/Delegate Meeting
Climate change impacts local populations in devastating ways, excerberting existing inequalities and creating new vulnerabilities. Addressing this crisis demands both global, regional and local actions.
Promoting climate justice involves recognizing historical responsibilities, advocating for equitable solutions, and supporting the communities most affected by climate change.
Through a just and inclusive response, we can mitigate the worst impacts of climate change and build a more sustainable future for all.
It was in this regard and the need to promote equitable climate solutions for Africa, that the African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES), led by Dr. George Wamukoya, partnered with the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), and assembled diverse team of climate justice experts and lawyers from various African nations including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Zambia, Kenya and Uganda to discuss climate issues in Africa, international best practices and solutions for Africa. In attendance were prominent personalities including Dr. ROSE MWEBAZA (Director, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)), Walters Tubua (Focal Point for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)), Hon. Samuel Onuigbo (former Chairman of the House Committee on Climate Change during the 8th Assembly), African Parliamentarians from committees on Environment, Climate Change, Agriculture, Sustainable Development, and Water; parliamentary staff; environmental lawyers; and climate activists. The team aimed to review existing climate change legislations across Africa, identify best practices, develop and validate the Model Climate Change Law for Africa.
It was truly an honor to participate and represent Nigeria in the review and validation of the Model African Climate Change Law, and I am hopeful that African states will adopt, domesticate, and enforce the validated Climate Change Law for a sustainable future for Africa.
I had the privilege to share some family moments with my sisters and brothers Aderonke Ige, OLUFUNKE OYINLOLA, Onyinyechi N., Desmond C. Otikpa. Adekola Thompson. I am forever grateful for the professional relationships built during this process with my African brothers and sisters Cynthia Sakami, Sarah Ngachi, and everyone present.
Cheers to a clean and sustainable Africa and may our labours of love never be in vain.