ACHIEVING UN-SDG 13 IN NIGERIA: ROLES OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
Auwal F. Abdussalam ◽  
Abba A. Abukur
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
North Central ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
The Government ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Religious leaders have major roles to play in enabling the world's societies to take necessary actions to address climate change causes, impacts, and related issues effectively and ethically. This study investigates the roles they can play in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action) in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design, it involved 300 participants; 150 religious leaders each from the Muslim and Christian communities in the three geopolitical zones of northern Nigeria (northwest, northeast and north-central). A structured questionnaire was used in collecting information from these leaders. Simple descriptive and One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistics were used in analyzing the obtained data. Findings reveal that religious leaders (Muslims and Christians) do not differ in their perception about the causes of climate change in Nigeria (F = 2.37, p = <0.05); and as well do not differ in their perception of its impact (F = 1.54, p = <0.01). Although almost all (94%) of the religious leaders involved in this study strongly agree that they have an important role to play in achieving the UN-SDG 13 target, they however varied in agreeing to pressure the government on exploring an all-inclusive solution (F = 19.56, p = >0.05). The study also reveals that 21% of the respondents have already started some work in addressing climate change, 75% show strong interest in commencing activities in the areas of awareness, formulating community-based adaptation strategies, and engaging policymakers

scholarly journals Youth Activists Call for Urgent Climate Action

Eos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Showstack
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Climate Action

Greta Thunberg and other youth climate activists came to Washington, D.C., days before a major United Nations conference to draw attention to the need for immediate action to address climate change.

scholarly journals Analisa Terbentuknya Negatif Opini Publik Undang-Undang Cipta Kerja di Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Irwansyah ◽  
Ahmad Alvin Ferdian ◽  
Zulfiana Enni Rizqa ◽  
Muzahid Akbar Hayat
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All

The Job Creation Act which was ratified on 5 October 2020 was met with the agitation of rejection in the form of demonstrations in almost all parts of Indonesia. There are many misunderstandings in the interpretation of this law, one of which is the assumption that the law will harm workers and society. This study aims to identify the causes of negative public opinion on the Job Creation Act, what forms of socialization are carried out by the government, and how the public gets information about the law. This research uses a qualitative approach. The data was taken through a questionnaire distributed to 22 respondents who were randomly selected from the Job Creation Act demonstrators in November 2020 in front of the DPRD Building of South Kalimantan Province. The results showed that respondent’s negative opinion on the Job Creation Act was caused by a lack of knowledge about the contents of the law and the lack of government socialization to the public. The strategy that can be taken by the government to create positive public opinion is to involve community groups, students, public figures, religious leaders, community leaders, and influencers as communicants or messengers in the socialization of the Job Creation Act.

The Church Climate Action: Identifying the Barriers and the Bridges

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-241
Author(s):  
George C Nche
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Church Climate ◽  
The Church

For many decades, efforts are being channelled towards fostering effective robust church-based climate action across the globe. However, this desired action has unfortunately been in short supply. This has been attributed to some factors that serve as barriers to effective church-based climate action. In an extensive review, this article did not only identify these barriers but also the bridges or pathways out of these barriers/challenges. After a critical review of about 150 empirical studies with a few anecdotal literature, findings showed that beyond the theological barriers that are commonly referenced in many studies, the church also faces institutional barriers in their bid to address climate change. The biblical concept of stewardship, climate change awareness/knowledge creation, strategic communication and engagement, and strategic fundraising and mobilisation were found to be the bridges/pathways towards achieving a robust church-based climate action. Implications of findings for the church and research are discussed.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Adoption, Prospects and Challenges of Prefabricated Construction Method in Nigeria – An Empirical Study of North Central Geo-Political Zone

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-24
Author(s):  
Chinedu Chimdi Adindu ◽  
Susan Nnadzwa Yisa ◽  
Saheed Olanrewaju Yusuf ◽  
Joseph Kolawole Makinde ◽  
Aliyu Muhammed Kamilu
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Method ◽  
Construction Time ◽  
Cost Overruns ◽  
North Central ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Despite the numerous benefits of prefabricated construction method, there is unfortunately limited knowledge and adoption of this method in Nigeria’s construction industry. This study, therefore, seeks to assess the construction industry’s stakeholders’ level of knowledge and extent of adoption of prefabricated construction method in project delivery. It also evaluates the prospects and challenges of prefabricated construction considering the government’s huge annual investment in the nation’s construction industry sector. The methodology used in this study was descriptive survey involving a structured questionnaire administered to major construction industry stakeholders including the government, consultants, contractors, building material merchants, and construction financiers with practices in Nigeria’s north central geo-political zone. The study showed a low level of knowledge (MMS: 2.32) and low level of adoption (MMS: 2.13) of prefabricated construction method in Nigeria in general. It also revealed ‘Better Supervision’ (MS: 4.02) and ‘High Initial Costs’ (MS:3.62) as the highest prospects and challenges of prefabricated construction method among other identified factors. The study concluded that the low level of adoption arising from the low level of knowledge of prefab system in the nation’s construction industry was responsible for the myriad of delays in meeting project timelines, hence the prevalence of construction time–cost overruns. The current study recommends a review of the academic curriculum of built environment and professional development programmes to expand and deepen the prefab system training content. It also recommends wide adoption of prefab system considering their prospects of ensuring quality as a result of better supervision and suggests outsourcing on critical areas of organisations’ logistic weaknesses to minimize the problem of higher initial costs.

scholarly journals Mengasah Kepedulian Masyarakat di tengah Pandemi COVID-19 untuk Persiapan Menghadapi Era New Normal

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Maftuhah Maftuhah ◽  
Eni Zulfa Hidayah
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
New Normal ◽  
The World ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Wuhan Area

Covid-19 hit many countries in the world including Indonesia. Almost all countries are haunted by this virus. The origin of this virus emerged from the Wuhan area of China. This virus spreads rapidly and is deadly. Transmission through physical contact is transmitted through the mouth, eyes and nose. Covid-19 has an impact on social life and the weakening of the people's economy. The background of this writing is because many Indonesians think that Covid does not have Covid as a conspiracy or think that Covid is not dangerous. The purpose of this research is to discuss how to prepare and treat the virus that is currently endemic throughout the world. This research method uses a qualitative descriptive method. The results of the study concluded that the impact of covid 19 caused social problems, weakening the economy of the community and the state, to prevent the spread of covid-19, cooperation from the government, community, religious leaders is needed to help each other, work hand in hand and remind each other together against Covid-19.Keywords: Covid-19, New Normal Era, Social and Economic Problems. Abstrak Covid-19 melanda banyak Negara di dunia termasuk Indonesia. Hampir seluruh negara di hantui oleh virus ini. Awal mula virus ini muncul dari daerah Wuhan Cina. Virus ini menyebar dengan cepat dan mematikan. Penularannya melalui kontak fisik ditularkan melalui mulut, mata dan hidung. Covid-19 berdampak kepada kehidupan sosial dan melemahnya perekonomian masyarakat. Latar belakang penulisan ini karena banyak masyarakat Indonesia yang menganggap covid ini tidak ada covid ini sebagai suatu konspirasi atau menganggap covid tidak berbahaya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah membahas bagaimana persiapan serta penanggulangan terhadap adanya virus yang sedang mewabah di seluruh dunia ini. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian disimpulkan dampak covid 19 menimbulkan masalah sosial pelemahan ekonomi masyarakat dan negara,untuk mencegah penyebaran covid-19 diperlukan kerjasama pemerintah, masyarakat, tokoh agama untuk saling bantu membantu, bahu membahu dan saling mengingatkan satu sama lain bersama melawan covid-19. Kata Kunci: Penyebaran Covid-19, Era New Normal, Persoalan Sosial dan Ekonomi

scholarly journals EFEKTIVITAS PAKET PENGENDALIAN RESIKO PENYIMPANGAN IKLIM DI JAWA TENGAH(THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN CENTRAL JAVA)

Agromet ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
. Sarjana ◽  
Meinarti Norma ◽  
Seno Basuki
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Management Scheme ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Water Pumps ◽  
The Impact

This paper is summary report of study on implementation of local government designed strategies to anticipate and manage the climate change risks in Central Java. The basis of information obtained from interviews to farmers. In general, planting patterns follow schedule of water availability; therefore, farmers are more interested in talking about the lack of water compared with the excess water. According to farmers' language, climate change is the rainy season retreat. In this context, almost all respondents stated that the climate changes disrupt their farming activities. These disorders include reduction of production, planting schedule delays, increased costs of irrigation, seeds, pesticides and land management. Local agricultural agencies have been disseminating strategies to anticipate and manage the risks of climate change. Those strategies are planting reschedules, changing varieties or commodities, and improving the water management. Local governments also facilitate the implementation of those strategies, namely distribution of water pumps, and seeds according to climate prediction, and repair or construction of irrigation channels and reservoirs. Most respondents (59%) had never directly followed those socialization activities, and due to limited of the distributed facilities, only 29.87% of respondents enjoyed such facilities. However, the recipient stated that the government facilities effectively assist them in controlling the impact of climate change, and most farmers had committed the management of climate changes impacts in a manner consistent with the recommended strategy. These results show that both government assistance and collective action by farmers had the same important role in anticipating and controlling the impact of climate changes. Therefore, the government should socialize recomended strategies in a more intensive, and improve, and expand the reach of distribution facilities to implement the strategy. These efforts would stimulate farmers self-supporting as a whole, so that the programs in anticipating and controlling the impact of climate changes would be more effective.

scholarly journals Covid-19 and Perceptions of Religious Leaders; Hindu and Confucian views of East Java

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
M Thoriqul Huda
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Real Thing ◽  
Interview Techniques ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All

<p><strong>Abstract;</strong></p><p>The Covid-19 pandemic is a virus outbreak that has infested almost all countries in the world, its impact is felt in various fields, economic, social, cultural, political and religious. This study attempts to see more fully the opinions of religious leaders and Confucian and Hindu youths on the existence of Covid-19, by using a qualitative approach and interview techniques as a model for extracting data in the field. From the results of the study that has been carried out there are several things that can be concluded, firstly that both Confucian and Hindu religious figures and youths believe that Coovid-19 is a real thing that must be watched out together, secondly, in connection with the existence of Covid-19, it is necessary to jointly- the same to implement the health protocol rules that have been established by the government, third, theologically that in Hinduism a pandemic condition like this could happen if Tri Hita Karana does not work well</p>

scholarly journals Duty to Address Climate Change Litigation Risks for Australian Energy Companies—Policy and Governance Issues

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7838
Author(s):  
Prafula Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Institutional Investment ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Climate Policies ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Company Directors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
The Impact

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy requires cooperation from all, including corporations, shareholders, and institutional investors. The purpose of this paper is to explore climate change litigation risks for Australian energy companies and investors from a policy and governance perspective. Companies are increasingly reporting their climate policies to satisfy their shareholders and investor demands. In addition, the government and judiciary are making laws and decisions to support the Paris Agreement. This paper explores whether company directors can and, in some cases, should be considering the impact of climate change litigation risks on their business, or else risk breaching their obligation to exercise care and diligence under the Corporation Act 2001 (Cth, Australia). The paper concludes that in addition to reducing climate change litigation risks, Australian energy companies and institutional investment bodies that invest in Australian energy companies can make informed climate risk decisions by aligning their investments with the goal of net-zero or reduced emissions.

scholarly journals A TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF GRETA THUNBERG’S 2019 CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT SPEECH

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-198
Author(s):  
Ardelia Karisa ◽  
Stefanny Lauwren
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One ◽  
Climate Crisis

Climate change has been one of the most significant concerns for the United Nations. As a result, the United Nations held a summit in 2019, inviting several notable speakers in the field. One of them is a young teenager from Swedish, Greta Thunberg. Greta Thunberg is a prominent climate activist who delivered a speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019, which is about how people and the government need to limit global warming. Her address became viral and garnered attention from many media, and roused a massive youth-led climate rally. Thus, this study analyzed her speech as the object of the study and employed a descriptive qualitative method. The study scrutinized 54 clauses through transitivity analysis from Hallidayan Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) to understand the processes in the address and its function. This current study has revealed that the speaker’s dominantly used material process (37%) to describe the damage to the environment done by people. The use of relational process (31.5%) describes climate change's effects on the world and her life. The mental process used in 16.7% of the data provokes guilt and responsibility, as she pointed the audience as the actors that cause climate change. The behavioural process (7.4%) shows that Thunberg will not stay quiet on climate crisis when her generation is the one who will suffer from it. Existential process (3.7%) is used to describe the existing problems, while verbal process (3.7%) is used in quoting the high-profile politician to prove that none of their promises have been fulfilled.

scholarly journals Litigating for the Homeland: An Indian Treaty Framework to Climate Litigation in the Wake of Juliana

2021 ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Evan Neustater
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
The United States ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Trust Relationship ◽  
The World ◽  
Indian Tribes ◽  
The Government ◽  
Indian Nations

Climate change is an increasingly pressing issue on the world stage. The federal government, however, has largely declined to address any problems stemming from the effects of climate change, and litigation attempting to force the federal government to take action, as highlighted by Juliana v. United States, has largely failed. This Note presents the case for a class of plaintiffs more likely to succeed than youth plaintiffs in Juliana—federally recognized Indian tribes. Treaties between the United States and Indian nations are independent substantive sources of law that create enforceable obligations on the federal government. The United States maintains a trust relationship with federal Indian tribes, and that relationship obliges a duty of protection upon the federal government. This Note argues that those obligations may support climate change claims under the theory that the government, by failing to address climate change, has failed its duty of protection under its treaties.

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