Impact of extreme climate events on poverty in Nigeria: a case of the 2012 flood

Urama, Nathaniel E.; Eboh, Eric C.; Onyekuru, Anthony NwaJesus

doi:10.1080/17565529.2017.1372267

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“…Participants widely recognise that climate change is happening and that it is manifested in an increasing likelihood of extreme weather, evidenced by the increasing frequency and occurrence of flooding, heat waves and windstorms. Participants particularly pointed at recurring annual flooding since the 2012 incident that ravaged the entire nation (see Urama et al (2019)). Overall, research participants regarded flooding as being the major climate hazard confronting Calabar.…”

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Evaluating flood adaptation governance in the city of Calabar, Nigeria

Adekola

Lamond

Adelekan

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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Evaluating flood adaptation governance in the city of Calabar, Nigeria

Adekola

Lamond

Adelekan

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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“…The results indicate that changes in the climate and extreme climatic events have an effect on the households' livelihood and resources, increasing their perceptions of vulnerability. Furthermore, climate change caused by air pollution, natural disasters like earthquake, lead to higher expenditures for insurance purchases (Xu et al, 2018), especially for health insurance (Zhao, 2020), and extreme climate events significantly decrease the expenditure of households heavily dependent on agriculture for their income (Urama et al, 2019). In general, higher household expenditure contributes to HFV when income remains the same.…”

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Climate Change and Farmers’ Household Financial Vulnerability: Evidence From China

Yang

Zhang

Lei

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Climate change is one of the most severe threats to human survival and a significant factor influencing financial stability. Different from previous studies, this paper investigates the economic impact of climate change at the micro level based on data from China Meteorological Administration database, and China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) 2017 released in 2019. The empirical findings indicate that climate change contributes to the financial vulnerability of farmers’ households, which is confirmed following robustness tests. The mechanism analysis reveals that climate change has effects on rural households’ financial vulnerability via farmers’ health, credit availability, and agricultural output. Furthermore, the effect of climate change on farmers’ household financial vulnerability (HFV) is more pronounced in farmers with lower education levels. The changes in temperature and precipitation show different intensity effects in different areas, but all of them provide reasonable heterogeneity mechanisms. This paper’s policy value is demonstrated by the fact that it uncovers the effects of climate change on farmers’ HFV, information that may be useful for addressing climate change and rural financial stability.

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“…Besides, 1980 has been reported as the time when CC emerged as a new research field (Haunschild et al, 2016). Between 2000 and 2017 however, several studies reported that Nigeria experienced climate extremes during this period (Federal Government of Nigeria, 2013;Akande et al, 2017;Amanchukwu et al, 2015;Urama et al, 2019;Anabaraonye et al, 2019).…”

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Systematic review of climate change impact research in Nigeria: implication for sustainable development

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Falana

Solaja

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There is evidence that Nigeria is already experiencing environmental challenges attributed to climate change (CC) and its impacts. This has clearly highlighted the need for knowledge-based strategies to help plan adequate mitigation and adaptation measures for the country. One of the basic requirements to ensure such strategies is the development of a database of national CC research. This will aid in the assessment of past and present scientific publications from which directions for future study can be mapped. The present study used standard, systematic, and bibliographic literature reviews to analyse the trend, focus, spatial variability, and effectiveness of published research on CC impacts in Nigeria. Four thematic areas of CC impact research were defined: Agriculture, Environment, Human and Multi-disciplinary study. A total of 701 articles were found to be relevant and the review shows that CC impacts and adaptations in the literature vary across research categories and locations. The period between 2011 (68 studies) and 2015 (80 studies) showed a tremendous rise in CC impact research with a peak in 2014 (84 studies). Studies in the agriculture category had the highest publications in 23 States of Nigeria. The review revealed three research gaps: (1) lack of research that investigated the magnitude of present and potential future impacts in the aquatic environment (2) little attention on CC impacts and adaptation in the Northern regions of Nigeria (3) absence of study investigating the effects of multiple variables of CC at the same time. The findings suggest that it would be useful to advance CC research in Nigeria beyond perceptive approaches to more quantitative ones. This is particularly important for highly vulnerable animals, crops, locations, and for better planning of adaptation strategies.

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Impact of extreme climate events on poverty in Nigeria: a case of the 2012 flood

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Evaluating flood adaptation governance in the city of Calabar, Nigeria

Evaluating flood adaptation governance in the city of Calabar, Nigeria

Climate Change and Farmers’ Household Financial Vulnerability: Evidence From China

Systematic review of climate change impact research in Nigeria: implication for sustainable development

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