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Abstract   Nigeria has been experiencing high inflation, unemployment  and climate change over the years. The main objective of this paper is to analyses the impact of inflation, unemployment and climate change on Nigeria economy from 2015 to 2022. The variables used in this research include log of real GDP, log of inflation rate, log unemployment rate and log of climate change. This paper carried unit root test using the ...

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Bank of England’s monetary policy taking inequality and climate change into Account While fiscal policy has gotten a lot of attention as a contributor to inequality, the impact of monetary policy has yet to be determined. Some research take opposing positions on the subject: For example, Galbraith (1998) claims that tight inflation targeting policies resulted in a series of recessions, greater unemployment rates, and hence ...

CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.1 Introduction Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary environmental challenges and is global in dimension.  The rising incidences of extreme climatic events associated with climate change are giving the greatest of the concerns. Even for skeptics,  events such as prolonged dry seasons, long rainfall durations and excessively long Harmattan periods are worrying.  More and more people are getting to ask about what ...

ABSTRACT   Researches on adaptation-climate change interaction have been conducted mainly in the southern parts of Nigeria with relatively few in North-East and North-Central and seldom, if any, in the North-West. This study, covering three States in the North-West, therefore, will bridge the existing gap in knowledge on climate change adaptation information in Nigeria. It assessed the factors influencing the use of climate change adaptation practices among rice farmers in ...

ABSTRACT This study explores the nexus between climate change and political conflicts in Africa with focus on migration and refugees in the continent. The analysis of this study is anchored on system theory. Climate change, whether human induced or natural, precipitates environmental disasters like erosion, flood, typhoon, hurricane, drought, desertification, etc which can kill people, displace them or force them to migrate to other areas. Climate change will cause scarcity ...

ABSTRACT Adaptation is considered an appropriate response to climate change and variability, especially for rural farmers. However, the farmers’ ability to effectively respond to climate change challenges is determined by the quality of information available to the farmers and how easily the information is accessed. The study sought to assess the information needs of rural farmers on climate change. A total of I52 respondents were selected using multistage sampling technique. ...