Increased climate investments will boost Nigeria’s economy - Experts

<h2>Some climate change experts have called for increased climate investments to boost job creation and revitalise rural areas.</h2>, <p>Director of Climate Legal and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town noted that to keep the goal alive, it was critical for industry stakeholders to work with the government to strengthen its climate action plans.</p>, <span>Increased climate investments will boost Nigeria’s economy - Experts</span>, <p>The experts spoke during the launch of Climate Action Africa (CMA) Labs on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 in Lagos. The experts also described the launch of the hub as an important and strategic move.</p>, <p>CMA Lab is an initiative dedicated to drive climate research, commercialisation, testing, and validation of innovative solutions.</p>, <p>Speaking during the panel session, Olivia Rumble, Director, Climate Legal and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town, stressed the need for Nigeria to embrace urgent climate action for economic growth and development.</p>, <p>Rumble, a climate change legal and policy expert, underlines that efforts remain insufficient to address climate change. She noted that to keep this goal alive, it was critical for industry stakeholders to work with the government to strengthen its climate action plans.</p>, <p>Rumble called on the government to revisit its climate plans to address the climate emergency.</p>, <p>Dr Michael Ochei, lecturer, Department of Meterorolgy & Climate Science, Federal University of Technology, Akure, maintained that scaling up climate adaptation would impact agricultural productivity. Ochei called for more efforts to enhance climate action to help scale up the climate resilience of agrifood value chains.</p>, <p>Grace Oluchi, Co-Founder, Climate Action Africa, said the organisation has established a digital service platform to address the problems of climate change, review problems from different perspectives and design new approaches for solving challenges.</p>, <p>Oluchi said the negative impacts of climate crise