CLIMATE CHANGE: A Threat To Island States

Can we talk about the future of our island states and nations in the face of this ongoing climate change?

Climate change is indeed posing a big challenge to small island regions around the world, in Africa and in Nigeria. meanwhile, there are two main reasons for this challenge;

• the demise of warm water corals and coral reefs
• the sea level rise.

Surprisingly, do you know that even ambitious climate change targets are not enough to save coral reefs? 

Even with ambitious climate mitigation, we cannot prevent global warming (the main cause of climate change) to remain much below + 1.5 degree Celsius. At this global mean surface temperature, 70% - 90% of all warm water coral reef  are going to disappear, and even more at +2 degree Celsius. 

In many of this small island developing states, they depend on those systems for protein supply, for fisheries, small scale fisheries - and these resources will go away, because with the dying reefs,  the marine biodiversity will disappear.   

Biggest threats of the century

• It is very obvious that as a result of climate change, small island developing states will disappear from the surface of the planet thereby leading to the extinction of the species that exist in it and as well an unexpected migration by the human dwellers.
• Most Importantly, climate change is threatening our sea food and as a result of this, marine lives are likely going to disappear thereby leading to a colossal loss of a primary source of protein.

BUT CAN THIS SITUATION BE SALVAGED?

YES! AND YOU HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY TO SAVE THIS SITUATION.

Consider This!

The second challenge as a result of climate change is the sea level rise. if we are lucky, we can keep the sea level rise over the centuries to stay below one meter, which is already an existential threat to some of these small island states and nations. and they may have to take appropriate adaptation measures, and their capacity for adaptation is limited, and we will need to be balancing between staying behind it and making huge effort to kind of raise the surface level of the islands artificially - some states like the Maldives are already doing that and this is fast encroaching to African islands.

KNOW THIS!

• Our Inland waters are greatly affected by the climate change likewise our inlands
• we are affected as well in this great mishap and this is a contributing factor to our numerous environmentally related issues.

The solutions are in our hands   

• Resist from excessive burning to avoid the release of carbon into the atmosphere

• Say NO to inappropriate waste disposal into water bodies and on land.

• Say a big YES to recycling and save the planet from unexpected damage.

RULE YOUR WORLD TODAY BY SAFEGUARDING YOUR ENVIRONMENT FROM HARM.

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