Climate Change and Potential Environmental Hazards with Perspective Adaptation Technologies in Nigeria, A review

Climate change is a global phenomenon with multifarious unique regional consequences. Contemporary studies have established Climate change as a product of anthropogenic activities. Studies have linked extreme weather events, heat waves, increase pollution, crop failure as some of the many discernabl...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2020-02, Vol.445 (1), p.12059
Main Authors: Okunola, A A, Gana, A J, Olorunfemi, K O, Obaniyi, K S, Osueke, C O, Olasehinde, D A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Anthropogenic factors
Climate change
Climate change mitigation
Climate effects
Environmental hazards
Extreme weather
Hazards
Heat waves
Pollution effects
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Summary:Climate change is a global phenomenon with multifarious unique regional consequences. Contemporary studies have established Climate change as a product of anthropogenic activities. Studies have linked extreme weather events, heat waves, increase pollution, crop failure as some of the many discernable effects of climate change. Hence, the spatial temporal effects of Climate change are of concern to policy makers, researchers, innovators and the entire public to develop veritable mitigation strategies. This paper examines climate change in Nigeria as a case study; the research adopted desk research method to collect secondary data from literature about hazards caused by climate change and potential adaptation strategies in Nigeria. The findings revealed that a potential environmental hazard caused by climate change in Nigeria includes that of biological, chemical, physical, mechanical and psycho-social. Moreover, this review further showed adaptation technologies that can be used in adapting and mitigating climate change in Nigeria.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/445/1/012059