Fashola, diplomats preach collaborative approach to mitigate climate change

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State; Martin Uden, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, among others, have harped on collaborative approach among countries of the world to mitigate the negative impact of climate change.

They spoke on Tuesday at the 7th Lagos State Climate Change summit held at Eko Hotel, Lagos. According to Fashola, nature does not need human to survive whereas human beings need nature for his survival, adding that human beings will come and go but nature will remain, and this requires nurturing the nature to sustain humanity.

“As we have heard from Conservation International, nature and the environment do not need us, but we need them. They will evolve, can we evolve? Nature and environment have been here long before we came. Many like you and I have come and gone; we have come and certainly we would go.

“The greater challenge therefore is for us to understand how to preserve nature’s gifts. To adapt to nature’s evolution, mitigate against the hazards of the environment and seek for sustainability in all that we do,” Fashola said.

Fashola, who thanked stakeholders and Lagosians for their support in the last seven years used the opportunity to drum up support for the Lagos State governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode, saying with their support, the state government’s effort on improving the environment would be sustained.

On his part, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Martins Uden, commended the state government for its initiative on environment, saying the issues raised in the summit are topical all over the world.