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The BNRCC project aims to help build informed responses to climate change in Nigeria by enhancing capacity at the community, state and national levels to implement effective adaptation strategies, policies and actions.

The BNRCC project is funded by the CIDA, and will be managed by the consortium of CUSO and Marbek Resource Consultants, both of Ottawa, Canada, see (www.cuso.org, and www.marbek.ca,). It will be implemented in partnership with the Nigeria Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST).

BNRCC's goal is to reduce poverty and improve living conditions for Nigeria through better climate change adaptation strategies. The primary purpose is to build informed responses to the impacts of climate change through improved livelihood, health, access to natural resources, equality and governance. The project is owned by Nigerians and supported by CIDA.




Recent News


Nigerian Youths Make Case for a Safer Climate future
  “OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR YEAR, OUR VOICE”, was the theme of this year’s first climate change youth forum held on August 16th 2010 at Shehu Musa Yaradua Center in Abuja to celebrate the International Year of Youth
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BNRCC Gender and Climate Change Toolkit
  The First Edition of the Gender and Climate Change Toolkit is now available on our website! Gender mainstreaming is an important component of the BNRCC project and should be incorporated and inform the work of BNRCC and our partners. This Gender Toolkit is a living document and is intended to aid BNRCC partner organizations, NGOs, civil societies, government officials, communities, and individuals at large both in Nigeria and abroad, better understand the dynamics between genders and how to ensure gender sensitivity and equality is present in all our work.
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SITES AND VOICES FROM THE FIELD
  In continuation of what started early this year, the BNRCC monitoring and evaluation team again embarked on its monitoring visits to five more communities.
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BNRCC organizes climate change research symposium and gender toolkit training workshop for partners
  Between April 26 – 29th, 2010 at the Mirage Hotel, in Calabar, BNRCC brought together over 45 participants drawn from its 5 research projects.
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Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition Launches Climate Change Youth Communication and Outreach Project
  More than anyone, the youth face unprecedented challenges as a result of global climate change. They also share the responsibility of addressing it by educating their peers on adaption issues and engaging in policy advocacy.
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NASPA - National Stakeholders Workshop (NSW)
  Towards the development of Nigeria’s National Adaptation Strategy and Plan of Action (NASPA), a National Stakeholders Workshop for key stakeholders was organized by the Lead Partners Federal Ministry of Environment, Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBF) and NigeriaCAN.
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BNRCC organizes capacity building training workshop for partners
  Between March 16 – 19th, 2010 at the Topview Hotel, in Abuja, BNRCC brought together over 40 participants drawn from its 7 community-based pilot projects to further strengthen and share best practices about climate change knowledge and project delivery.
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SITES AND VOICES FROM COASTAL AND RAIN FOREST ZONE OF NIGERIA
  “Our mangroves that provide protection from wind and rain storms causing our fishes to produce well and which act as buffers to erosion are being destroyed rapidly. Now we cannot predict our seasons anymore and this has led to poor crop yields. We attribute all these to 'Iphen öbhina’.” (Which means climate change in Iko language)
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SITES AND VOICES FROM TOSHUA AND SANSAN
  Climate change impacts have taken their toll on the Nigerian Sahel communities of Toshua and Sansan,located in Geidam and Mobbar (Damasak) local government areas of Yobe and Borno states respectively.
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SITES AND VOICES FROM FALGORE
  “Before now, our rainy season started in March but now the rain comes in May or early June. In the 70s, we used to plant our guinea corn ‘yar falgore’ in April and harvest it in October, now we are not planting that species again. We now plant ‘kaura’ which matures in four months and also engage in mixed farming because the rainy season has reduced” This was the story as narrated by Mallam Yahaya Adamu, a community member and project beneficiary from Falgore in Doguwa Local Government Area in Kano State.
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