LAWMA, OCCE partner to tackle climate change challenges
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The Lagos State Waste Management Authority and the Lagos Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy have revealed plans to institutionalise circular economy and advocacy as veritable strategies to subdue the rising threat of climate change on the state.
In a statement, the duo said climate change posed a severe challenge to the people and economy of Lagos State.
Speaking during a meeting between teams of LAWMA and OCCE, the Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, described circularity as one of the sustainable ways of addressing the increasing impact of climate change on the environment and the economy of the state.
While pointing out that climate change is scientific, he advised stakeholders to seek ways to simplify it, noting that because of its hands-on nature, the circular economy is one of those ways of simplification.
Gbadegesin stressed that LAWMA programmes were meant to increase awareness and education.
Also speaking at the event, the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Climate Change and Circular Economy, Titi Oshodi, thanked the LAWMA team for the collaboration.
According to her, the goal of OCCE is to ensure that it continues to enable and collaborate with players in the climate and circular economy ecosystem to achieve the governor’s vision of a zero-carbon Lagos by 2050.
