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  Introduction
  Institutional Framework - Global and 
   National
  Policies addressing Climate Change
  National Program / Activities 
   addressing Climate Change
         Climate Change impacts (source: UNDP Samoa) 
                                  Variability in water supply, quality 
    Changes in biodiversity       and distribution. More competition                   Erosion, inundation, 
    and forestry composition,     and cross-border conflicts over water                salinisation, stress on 
    extent, health &              resources
    productivity                                                                       mangroves, marshes, 
                                                                                       wetlands
  HEALTH       AGRICULTURE        FORESTRY             WATER
                                                       RESOURCES             COASTAL           ECOSYSTEM
                AGRICULTURE                                                  SYSTEMS           SERVICES
    Increasing incidents of infectious,       Less predictability in crop yield, 
    water-borne and vector-borne              changing irrigation demand, growing 
                                              risk of pest infestations                   Loss of habitat, 
    diseases, heat stress & mortality,                                                    species and 
    additional public health costs                                                        protective 
                                                                                          ecosystems, 
                                                                                          migratory shifts
   “Millions at Risk” due to  
    adverse impacts of CC
 Nigeria’s Concern about Climate Change
 Nigeria is vulnerable to the following impacts of Climate 
    Change
     Marine transgression or coastal inundation
     Expanding Desertification Process
     Environmental refugees resulting from migration
     Social frictions/conflicts
     Increase in suffering and poverty level
     Economic dependence on Fossil Fuels
     Susceptibility of agricultural productivity
     Extreme weather climate change related hazards
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   Response to CC
   • UNFCCC  identifies  two  responses  to  the 
    impact of climate change – mitigation and 
    adaptation.
   • Mitigation is an action designed to reduce 
    the  potential  effects  of  global  warming 
    through the reduction of the level of GHGs 
    by either increasing the rate of depletion 
    or reducing its emissions.
   • Adaptation on the other hand is an action 
    designed to tolerate the effect of climate 
    change.