CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND AFRICA’S 3S INITIATIVE
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This research unraveled the challenges of climate change that had resulted to series of environmentally induced migration in the 21st century Africa. The study identified flood, rising temperature, rising sea level, coastal erosion, food insecurity, and cyclones as some of the environmental crisis challenging the existence of African continent. Methodologically, the case study research design was adopted for the collection and analysis of climate change effect and environmental migration in Africa. Linkable to the stakeholders theory, the study find out that Africa contributed very little in the dwindling carrying capacity of the earth and recommend the establishment of an effective co-ordinated structure to pull international resources together, a UN climate change trust fund for Africa and a perennial African Union summit for a climate change information in Africa and to the whole world.
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Temperature, Cyclone, Flood, Environment, Climate ChangeDownloads
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