As The POP (Protect Our Planet) Movement Youth mentor, the Executive Director Equity Watch Initiative Dr Chiemezie Atama was privileged to facilitate a Program at UN House, Abuja organized by Nigeria National Commission for UNESCO and @UNESCO Abuja region titled a Whole-School Approach on climate change: Empowering Educational Institutions for a Sustainable future . Which was focused on engaging educational institutions for a better understanding of climate change to spur them to take climate actions. In this program, she spoke on “Understanding Climate Change: The Science, Impacts and Challenges” As usual, she leveraged the opportunity to explore the impact of climate change on gender. The vulnerability of Nigeria to climate change particularly those in rural communities (women and girls) due to extreme weather events, sea level rise, land degradation, food insecurity, deforestation, land, water and air pollution among others does not only threaten our ecosystems, but undermines our fundamental rights, deepens gender inequalities and social injustice. The climate emergency demands a holistic approach that involves everyone. It calls for a collective actions and the time is now!!!!!! At Equity Watch Initiative we are taking climate actions for sustainability.
