A panelist, Mr. Tahir Hamid ; Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike,Prof.Chukwumerije Okereke and Chief Executive Officer,GECCI, Elochukwu Anieze during a one-day conference organised by GECCI in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State
According to him, the centre would provide part of the resources, intelligence and capacity to design such project. He also called on the organiser to work with other organisations to come up with suggestions on how the programme can become a reality. Okereke, however, thank the Federal Government for its commitments so far in investing and developing different climate change policies, such the NDCs and Climate Change Act aimed at mitigating climate change and ensuring adaptation in the country.
In his opening remarks, the Ebonyi State Vice President, Global Environmental and Climate Conservation Initiative, Ukachukwu Ifeanyi, said that the conference became imperative to address the role of Nigerian youths in climate change mitigation and adaptation as climate change posed a great danger to the survival of mankind.