EECCA to hold workshop, flag off planting of 500m trees Tuesday

THE Earth Environment and Climate Care Ambassadors (EECCA), an international non-governmental organisation at the forefront of climate change advocacy, will be holding its first annual scientific workshop and the flag-off of the planting of 500 million trees on Tuesday.

The theme of the event, slated for the National Women Centre, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, is ‘Engaging the Stakeholders for Effective and Inclusive Implementation of COP26 Platforms for Action’.

The workshop is a follow-up to the just-concluded Conference of Parties (COP 26) summit in Glasgow, Scotland, which again, drew the attention of the world to the dangers of the neglect of the climate.

EECCA said it was organising the summit to engage stakeholders, experts and researchers on the need to deepen the climate agenda and spotlight the importance of tree planting for more mitigation and adaptation strategies and push for policies that would save the climate ecosystem.

The president of the EECCA, James Ajah, said the organisation had over 50,000 climate ambassadors planting trees in all the 36 states and the FCT as part of the NGO’s effort to complement the effort of the Federal Ministry of Environment in an aggressive tree-planting campaign and encourage individuals and organisations to sponsor tree planting in their neighbourhoods and communities.

“This is the least you can do to save our planet,” Prince Ajah said.

COP 26 was held in Glasgow between October 31 and November 13 with all world leaders present to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the universal framework to cut emission by 1.5’c and other ambitious climate plans among them to build resilience and lower emission.

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