WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (WJSS)
ISSN: 2504 – 9232
Special, No. 1, March 2020
Pages 93-112
DOI: 10.36108/wjss/0202.sp.0160
POVERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NIGER DELTA 2013-2018
DENGIYEFA ANGALAPU & DITON BILA
Abstract
This paper set out to examine the nexus between poverty and climate change in the Niger Delta. Based on the theory of Social Production and Time-Series research design, it found out that, the Niger Delta is bedridden by endemic poverty and that has entrenched certain practices that cause environmental degradation. The foregoing has made the attainment of sustainable development appear vague thereby worsening the impact of climate change in the region. Thus, the paper recommended that government should make concerted efforts toward the implementation of poverty reduction programmes in the region as there is a strong nexus between poverty reduction, environmental sustainability and climate change.
KEYWORDS: Poverty, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Environmental Degradation