Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation Partners with the EU on Climate Change Advocacy

Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation Partners with the EU on Climate Change Advocacy


The Yar’Adua Foundation has received support from the European Union for a public policy forum and documentary screenings in seven (7) cities in Nigeria to deepen and increase awareness about localized impacts of climate change.

The public policy forum, which will be hosted at the Yar’Adua Centre, will focus on the impact of the following socio-economic challenges on human and food security:

1. Desertification and land conflicts
2. Loss of rain forests

Documentary screenings will be held in Port Harcourt, Lagos, Sokoto, Calabar, Enugu, Abeokuta and Kaduna.

The events will engage citizens, policy makers and other stakeholders to communicate the impact of climate change in Nigeria and galvanize immediate policy response to the issue.

Produced by the Yar'Adua Foundation, “Nowhere to Run: Nigeria’s Climate and Environmental Crisis” is a documentary that tells the story of climate change, environmental threats and unique challenges to security from the perspective of affected communities in Nigeria. Narrated by Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, the film connects the dots between climate, environmental degradation and security and serves as an advocacy tool to raise awareness of this defining challenge of our time.

Documentary screenings will be held in Port Harcourt, Lagos, Sokoto, Calabar, Enugu, Abeokuta and Kaduna.