Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) and the Lagos Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy (OCCE) will be working together to address the rising threat of climate change in the state.

Both government institutions also agreed to tackle the opportunities within the climate change ecosystem to establish a circular economy to give jobs and participate to the state’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP.

According to Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), the Special Adviser to the Lagos state Governor on Climate Change and circular Economy, Titi Oshodi, noted that Climate Change poses a strong threat to the wellbeing and economy of the state.

She stated the Energy part of the state is the highest contributor to the discharge of Green House Gas in Lagos, “so fundamentally, this ministry is one of our first areas of call, and we are extremely delighted with the open arms of the honourable commissioner and his team”.

The Lagos state Climate Action Plan 2020 _2025 reveal that more than half of Lagos’s 21 million residents stay in informal settlement, which makes them highly exposed to the impact of climate change.

The Lagos State Adaptation and Resilience Plan (LCARP) evaluate the result of climate disregard at $22-29 billion, 11 times the state’s 2022 yearly account.

“These are real numbers. Half of 21 million Lagos residents and 11 times our state’s 2022 budget are at risk. So we have to look for ways to rein in this menace. So that’s why, for us at OCCE, what we are doing is first touching base with major actors and sharing our plans with them. And our plan is straightforward.”