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Toward Climate-Resilient Development in Nigeria (Paperback, New)
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If not addressed in time, climate change is expected to exacerbate
Nigeria s current vulnerability to weather swings and limit its
ability to achieve and sustain the objectives of Vision 20: 2020.
But there is a lot that can be done, starting now, to avoid such a
damaging outcome. This is the overarching message of Toward
Climate-Resilient Development in Nigeria. The likely impacts of
climate change include the following: Long-term reduction in crop
yields of 20 30 percent Declining productivity of livestock, with
adverse consequences on livelihoods and pastoralism Large increases
in food imports Worsening prospects for food security, particularly
in the north and the southwest Long-term decline in GDP of up to
4.5 percent The impacts may be worse if economic diversification
away from agriculture happens more slowly than anticipated by
Vision 20: 2020, or if there is too little irrigation to counter
the effects of rising temperatures on rain-fed agriculture. Equally
important, the study argues that investment decisions made on the
basis of historical climate data may end up being wrong: projects
that ignore climate change may be under- or over-designed, with
economic losses of 20-40 percent of capital invested in irrigation
or hydropower projects. For the past two years, the Federal
Government of Nigeria and the World Bank have collaborated to
analyze the specific challenges posed by climate change in
agriculture and water resources management, with a view to
identifying viable solutions for adaptation. This effort has
brought together participants from government, academia, the
private sector, and civil society. Toward Climate-Resilient
Development in Nigeria spells out the technological and management
options available to Nigeria for achieving climate resilience. In
particular, the book explores a first not just for Nigeria but also
for Sub-Saharan Africa--the application of a robust decision-making
approach to enhance the resilience of key sectors such as
irrigation and hydropower. The study proposes 10 practical,
short-term priority actions, as well as complementary longer-term
initiatives, that could help to mitigate the threat posed by
climate change. Building climate resilience will increasingly be
central to Nigeria s efforts to achieve the aspirational goals the
nation has set for itself in the Vision 20: 2020 documents. This
study provides practical, evidence-based solutions to inform and
nurture the debate and inform policy making for sustainable
national development."
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