- Lagos is building resilient infrastructure to tackle climate threats.
- 76km of drains were built, with year-round flood control efforts.
- Waste is now treated as a resource in a circular economy.
Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to protecting its coastline by tackling climate change.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Spokesperson for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
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Adesina noted that the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, gave this reassurance while representing the state at the ongoing United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France.
Lagos being a coastal state, Wahab stated that the state is faced with multiple climate threats, including rising sea levels, extreme rainfall, and excessive heat.
The Commissioner said, “Lagos, as a coastal state, faces severe climate risks from rising sea levels, extreme rainfall and excessive heat.
“But we are not sitting back. We are building resilient infrastructure.
“As a state, we must face our realities, and those realities are that we must build resilient infrastructure, which is key, and we must also take ownership of those infrastructures, which is very key.”
According to him, the state had cleared primary and secondary drainage channels all year round to reduce the risk of flooding.
He added that 76km of trapezoidal drainage systems were constructed in the last two years.
Wahab further addressed the state’s waste management reforms, disclosing that Lagos generated over 13,000 tonnes of waste daily and has shifted from a linear disposal model to a circular economy.
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The Commissioner said, ”In the last two years, we have chosen to categorise waste as a resource, so we have transitioned from a pick and dump system to a more sustainable climate climate-friendly system where waste is now a resource for wealth, a resource for energy; where waste is not just seen as waste anymore.”
