CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Climate change poses a greatest challenge to community development such as flooding, dew, humidity, haze and cloud, to mention a few. Climate change is a global challenges affecting every segment of the society. It appears people in the rural areas are better off because the live closer to nature. The study made use of sample size of 64 people living at Eti-Osa Local government Lagos State. The data collected from the questionnaire and interview were coded using Non parametric technique of Z-score analysis. The finding reveals that climate change threaten the livelihood of people in coastal communities and serve as setback progress to human development with negative implications for political and socio-economic arrangement. The study recommends among others that Federal government should adequately equip and empower local government to tackle any disaster with dispatch efficiency arising from climate change. The study concludes that the drive to develop coastal community programmes that are sustainable in the context of climate change policy is implemented at all levels of government.