Articles - Green Reports

Abstract

Global warming has remained a universal problem, topic of discussion and a controversial issue among different nations and the scientific community at large. Thus, it is the most severe problem the public is facing today: more serious than the danger of terrorism. The study examines the menaces of ozone layer depletion and global warming in Nigeria. Secondary sources of data were used and the study is guided by the Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) Theory. The study discovered that Nigeria is not exempted from the environmental disasters of global warming. The study found that Nigeria generates about 40% of gross national emissions into the atmosphere. The study discovered that aside cancer, exposure to high concentrations of ozone is associated with increased hospital admissions for pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and other respiratory diseases, and with premature mortality. The findings of the study revealed that Nigeria, through the land use change and forestry sector generates about 40% of gross national emissions into the atmosphere. The study concludes that Nigeria is going green with the assistance from the United Nation Development Programmes (UNDP) through a project managed by the Ozone Programmes and Management Implementation Unit (OPIAMU), in the Ministry of Environment. The study recommends that climate scientists should advice Nigeria through the Ministry of Environment on how to reduce greenhouse emissions.