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Since the increase in industrialization all over the planet, the climate has become a very serious subject. In Africa and Nigeria, oil exploitation has caused irreparable environmental damage.
It is no longer a secret that planet Earth is getting warmer, forests are shrinking and the desert is advancing. Everyone is now aware of these facts, or at least one of them. Climate inaction can therefore be summed up as ignoring these facts, and/or not acting on them.
Trees can play a significant role in addressing the climate crisis. Trees reduce temperatures, improve air quality, and act as natural flood barriers in urban areas. On average, a single tree captures 0.62 tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime.
The Indian specter now hangs in the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The region's mining and oil factories spray the city with black carbon smoke that falls directly onto populated areas, forcing residents to breathe air filled with microparticles that are toxic to the body.