AN EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSES OF THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE

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AN EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSES OF THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE Prepared by:

OLOGUNOBA DAVID

SUBMITTED TO:
THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE AWARD OF B.TECH IN STATISTICS

AUGUST, 2010
OUTLINE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 General Overview
1.2 Definition of Climate Change
1.3 Lagos State
1.3.1 Geography
1.3.2 Climate of Lagos
1.4 Aims and Objectives

2.0 CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
2.1 Natural Causes of Climate Change 2.2 Anthropogenic Causes 2.3 General Effects of Climate Change 2.4 Effects on Coastal Regions

3.0 THE RESPONSES 3.1 Planting of Trees 3.2 Public Awareness 3.2.1 Setting up Climate Change Clubs in Schools: 3.2.2 Climate Change Summit 3.2 Implementation of a coastal defences program 3.3.1 Drainage Rehabilitation and Flood Control 3.3.2 Implementation of Laws that Prevents Environmental Degradation 3.3 Waste Management 3.4 Transportation Reform

4.0 CONCLUSION
4.1 General Overview (Summary)
4.2 Recommendation

5.0 REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
Lagos State and many other coastal regions in Nigeria are very vulnerable to flood, but it seems that Lagos State is the only state that is conscious of this danger. In the past three years, it is very evident that Lagos State Government has taken some measures to mitigate the effects of climate change. This paper evaluates the responses of the Lagos State Government to climate change. Climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes and fluctuations in the pattern of its properties, which lasts for extended periods, typically decades or longer (IPCC, 2007). Lagos State is located on the south-western part of Nigeria on the narrow coastal flood plain of Bight of Benin. It lies approximately on longitude 20 420E and 3 220E east respectively and

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