Abstract
Nigeria made historic commitments at COP 26 to attain net zero carbon emissions by 2060 and to end deforestation by 2050. Nigeria has taken steps to meet these commitments by enacting the Climate Change Act 2021, establishing the Climate Change Council, launching an energy transition plan, and establishing an integrated financing framework as part of the implementation mechanism. However, optimism about achieving these commitments is tempered by a lack of clarity concerning the mobilization of multistakeholder participation in the implementation process at all levels, especially at the local level. This is attributed to a perceived knowledge and awareness gap, which constrains a multi-stakeholder approach at all levels to promote inclusion in the implementation process. Climate change awareness is critical for motivating and shaping sustainability actions, including mobilization of inclusion in the implementation process. Despite its significance in enabling inclusive policy implementation, little pedagogical effort has been made to understand the level of climate change awareness in Nigeria, particularly among local stakeholders. The study, therefore, seeks to fill this gap by examining how well stakeholders working on climate change or being affected by climate change in Nigeria know about the problem. Are the stakeholders and the affected aware of Nigeria’s climate change commitments, policies, and implementation? Are the stakeholders aware of and knowledgeable about the interaction between Nigeria’s climate commitments and the SDGs? Consequently, this paper explores awareness of climate change through an expert survey eliciting information from local stakeholders on awareness and knowledge of climate change problems and policies.
Presenters
Okechukwu EnechiStudent, External PhD Candidate, Environmental Policy Analysis (EPA), IVM, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands Philipp Pattberg
Professor, Transnational Environmental Governance and Policy, and Head, Department of Environmental Policy Analysis, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS, PARTICIPATION, INCLUSION, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, MULTISTAKEHOLDER, PARTNERSHIP
