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    CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY IN NIGERIA
    (Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, 2014-01) Akanni, Dotun
    There is compelling evidence that the challenge of climate change is increasingly undermining human security which in turn presents a critical test for Nigeria's fragile security situation. This is premised on the fact that in Nigeria, the environment is the main source of livelihood for majority of the people. Ironically, conflicts related to the environment, other socio-economic and political factors are common in the country. This vulnerability is a function of the country's reliance on climate-dependent resources; weak governance; low development and frequent ethnic and political conflicts. Little wonder, Nigeria is often portrayed as the climate change hot spot and one of the countries that is suffering from the double-headed risk of climate change and insecurity. It is against this background that this paper was conceived. It focuses on the growing threats of climate change as they impinge on human security in Nigeria. This work further discusses some of the off-shoots of climate change which create the causal chords to social crisis, civil unrest and ultimately threaten national security. Gaia theory enriches this study and is theoretically analyzed. This paper concludes that climate change impacts not only present serious future security threat but indeed, they are already adversely affecting Nigeria and may further deepen the already fragile security situation, weaken the country's limited governance capacity and overwhelm the coping capacity of majority of Nigerians.