Draft:Climate and Sustainable Development Network of Nigeria

Understanding the interconnectedness, impact, and opportunities given by climate and environmental trends in the region has become crucial to our survival as a species because several West and Central African nations consistently score near the top of the world fragility rankings.

Despite having plenty of natural resources and a burgeoning human population, the area has had trouble maximizing these chances.

The primary causes of this are the recurrence of natural, environmental, and climate change-related disasters, as well as man-made insecurity engendered by political instability and population migration both within and between nations.

As a result of this, the Climate and Sustainable Development Network of Nigeria was created in 2007 as a measure to evolve and spur up a national CSO-led integrated stakeholders' involvement in climate solution efforts and sustainable development for effective mitigation, adaptation and national response to the impacts/vulnerability of Nigeria.



Causes
Nigeria’s climate has been changing, which has become evident in increases in temperature; variable rainfall; rise in sea level and flooding; drought and desertification; land degradation; more frequent extreme weather events; affected fresh water resources and loss of biodiversity (see: Elisha et al., 2017; Ebele and Emodi, 2016; Olaniyi et al., 2013).

CsDevnet
With a membership of more than 300 entities spanning the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, Climate & Sustainable Development Network of Nigeria (CSDevNet) unites associations, encompassing grassroots community practitioners, trusts, federations of slum residents and herders, home-based caregivers, young people, media, women and faith-based organizations, including those involved in child welfare, the elderly, disabled individuals, and those prioritizing livestock and animal well-being, to collectively endorse and champion poverty-alleviating, environmentally friendly, and fair-minded approaches to climate change and sustainable development. CSDevNet aims to bring together and organize separate civil society endeavors on climate change advocacy in Nigeria, with the goal of ensuring that response mechanisms that prioritize the needs of the people receive the necessary attention and relevance. This is particularly important as climate change becomes increasingly integrated into national and global strategies and actions for poverty reduction and sustainable development.

CSDevNet serves as the official national platform for the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and is recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Religions Initiative (URI), as well as collaborating closely with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the Federal Government of Nigeria.