Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Mohamed Fall, on Wednesday, described the climate crisis as a human rights emergency, raising concerns over the future conditions in Nigeria and other Sub-Sahara African countries.

Mr Fall said this during the opening ceremony of the Regional Africa Human Rights Academic Conference 2025 in Abuja. The conference was organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the University of Nigeria Nsukka.

"The climate crisis is more than environmental issues. It is a human rights emergency.

"Across our continent, rising temperatures, extreme weather events a...