Climate Crisis: ECOWAS Parliamentarians Warn of ‘Security Time Bomb’ as Land, Water Shrink
Michael Olugbode in Abuja West Africa is facing a widening climate-driven crisis in which shrinking water resources, degraded farmland and changing weather patterns are increasingly fuelling competition for land, aggravating
Parliamentarians from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) warned of a "security time bomb" emerging from climate change and environmental degradation in Nigeria. The warning came at the Second 2026 Parliamentary Seminar of ECOWAS in Accra, Ghana. The lawmakers examined the link between climate change, environmental degradation, livelihoods, migration, and regional security.
Nigeria's presentation highlighted how environmental pressures, population growth, agricultural expansion, climate variability, land degradation, and changing migration patterns were intensifying competition between farming and pastoral communities. The report warned of disputes over land, water, and livestock routes, leading to farmer-herder tensions across Nigeria.
The scale of the crisis, with over 3.5 million people internally displaced, goes beyond humanitarian relief and now requires attention in governance, development, food security, environmental management, and national security.
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