PRESIDENT BUHARI CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN NIGERIA

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Paris appealed to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reduce the negative effects of climate change. In a submission to the One Planet Summit in the French capital attended by over 60 Heads of State and Governments, as well as representatives of non-governmental and private organisations, with the theme, “Climate Change Financing,” the President Buhari said, “we cannot implement our Nationally Determined Contribution without adequate financial, technical and capacity building support from the developed countries.” While noting that “since the adoption of…