Climate change, global warming, rising temperatures are existential global threats that affect the world disproportionately despite who is pumping the largest amount of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The Mokwa flooding that has so far claimed almost 200 avoidable deaths solutions should not stop at the usual extension of humanitarian assistance to the victims but approximate the desired risk analysis and research to avoid similar experience.

As NIMET again predicted 3 days of rain and thunderstorms, I wonder if their entire predictions index the dire health of the world glaciers that has lost almost 40% of their total mass and is already doomed.

The sad reality is such that even if temperatures stop rising immediately, a new study has found the doom will not stop.
Consequently, it is essential that NIMET with the right of passage for predictions of weather conditions need to approximate researchers estimate that glaciers will eventually lose 39% of their mass relative to 2020 situation. This will be highly incidental to the more than 310 dams and surrounding communities who do not understand the philosophy and theories of NIMET predictions. What they so desire is for the moment of disaster not to meet them helplessly. In my honest opinion, Nigerians will thank response agencies for the lives they saved than for the humanitarian assistance delivered after each disaster cycles.

NIMET need to be concerned that this trend of massive flooding is already irreversible particularly around the Sahel and Equator because almost every meeting on climate change in the world today have lobbyists from fossil fuel companies sending hundreds to global talks meant to reduce carbon emissions and plastic pollution as they make huge profits from the conversation of fossil fuels to plastics.

No matter what comes next in action against climate change and global warming in the world, 40% glacier melting will likely contribute a 113 mm rise to global sea level. A situation that will worsen the flooding in countries like Nigeria with 2 major rivers of the world; Niger and Benue and 340 dams.

Therefore, the response agencies need to be conscious that the loss of the glaciers will rise to 76% if the world continues its current climate policies which will likely fail to keep global warming under 1.5▪︎c according to a paper published in the Journal of Science.
This is because polluters make billions turning oil into plastics and will do everything possible to weaken the rules. Nigeria need to brace up for more flooding disasters since Polluters are writing our climate rules.

AIR VICE MARSHAL (RTD) AKUGBE IYAMU
PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE PRACTITIONERS

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