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The Lagos State Government has affirmed its readiness to continue prioritising mitigation and adaptation initiatives on climate change for all projects.
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Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, who stated this during a pre-Climate Change virtual workshop organised by the government, added that the State has been greatly impacted by climate change with varying climatic hazards.
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He disclosed that Lagos is on course to delivering her Climate Action Plan in a few months as the document is currently being reviewed by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and their technical partners.
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He revealed that the theme for the virtual summit ‘Harnessing the Power of Lagos State for Climate Change and Sustainable Financing', gives room to begin to think about how the crucial elements required to implement climate actions can be fostered across various sectors

and how to attain sustainable financing as a State in funding some of the initiatives that are in the pipeline.
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According to him, LASG cannot deny the fact that the population, topography and geography of Lagos makes it vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, stressing that right mitigation and adaptation actions would make the State become resilient to the climatic hazards.

Bello said that protecting the environment should be a collective responsibility of all sectors of the economy as the State journey to become a low carbon economy and harness the opportunities provided by climate change.
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He, however, noted that safeguarding the environment is a collective responsibility of both the citizens and the government.
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Speaking on the effects of COVID-19 and climate change, the Commissioner for Health, @ProfAkinAbayomi, said there has been an increase in human population all over the world which has affected the environment and the movement of pathogens from their natural hosts to human beings.

He said deforestation and continuous damaging of nature, through pollution of the air and toxicity of freshwater, has forced the animals to move closer to human habitation thereby making humans more vulnerable to the various pathogens.
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Abayomi, therefore, urged everyone to desist from actions that could damage the environment and loss of biodiversity as human beings can only be as healthy as the environment they live in.
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The Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Mrs. Belinda Odeneye, said the two-day, pre-summit virtual workshop is to bring to the front burner the matters of climate change as an integral component of economic growth and environmental recovery plan.
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