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Vol.1 , No. 1, Publication Date: Mar. 10, 2018, Page: 9-14
 were used in naming the constraints. Institutional factor has the greatest impact on effective planning and implementation of climate change adaptation policy and programmes with 13.76% contribution while difficulty in enforcing laws on environmental management contributed the least variance of 6.90%. There is a need for an institutionalized monitoring mechanism across the State for purposes of environmental governance. There must be provision for adequate funding and other resources to promote high quality research that is critical for effective mitigation, adaptation and green development. This will go a long way in providing the appropriate climate change policies for the area and the country at large.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/931.jpg)
| [1] | Salami Afeez Alabi, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. |
The study investigates the constraints to effective climate change adaptation policies and programmes in Osun State, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling technique was applied in the selection of respondents. Data were collected from 357 respondents through the use of interview schedule and structured questionnaire. Both mean scores and exploratory factor analysis procedure were used to analyze the data collected. The study discovered that different factors influence effective planning and implementation of climate change adaptation policy. The results showed that nine orthogonal factors were derived with a total explanation of 84.29% of the variance. Only variables with constraints loadings of 0.40 and above (10% overlapping variance; [5]) were used in naming the constraints. Institutional factor has the greatest impact on effective planning and implementation of climate change adaptation policy and programmes with 13.76% contribution while difficulty in enforcing laws on environmental management contributed the least variance of 6.90%. There is a need for an institutionalized monitoring mechanism across the State for purposes of environmental governance. There must be provision for adequate funding and other resources to promote high quality research that is critical for effective mitigation, adaptation and green development. This will go a long way in providing the appropriate climate change policies for the area and the country at large.
Keywords
Adaptation Policy, Climate Change, Constraints, Nigeria, Programmes, Strategies
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