The much anticipated UN organised Climate Conference opened in France today, with 150 leaders participating.

Nigeria’s leader, Muhammadu Buhari is also in Paris to participate in the confab.

President Muhammadu Buhari in a hand shake with UN Sec General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon. French President, François Hollande looks on. Photo Sunday Aghaeze

President Buhari being welcome by French President François Hollande at the Opening of UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, France on Nov. 30. Photo: Sunday Aghaeze

Hollande welcomes US President Barack Obama

Hollande receives Chinese President Xi Jinping

Hollande welcomes the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma

R-L, Hollande, Ban Ki Moon

In Paris, the issue of Lake Chad’s current depletion, which has become a cause of international concern, will be major focus of a meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Summit of Heads of State and Government, which President Buhari will attend with Nigeria’s delegation on Tuesday, December 1.

The Lake Chad is currently less than 10 per cent of its original size and little of the remaining waters is in Nigeria. Of an estimated 20 million people that lived on the Lake Chad Basin as at 2013, about 11.7 million were in the North Eastern region of Nigeria.

Also during the conference in Paris, President Buhari is scheduled to participate in the launching of International Solar Alliance by the Indian Prime Minister and the French President, where he will seek international partnerships to deliver Nigeria’s climate change response.