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I was born and raised here in Lagos.

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It's a beautiful city,

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home to more than 25 million people.

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It's a vibrant and economic powerhouse.

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But it's also at great risk.

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To protect our future, we need to adapt.

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We're planning to do more.

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We're taking vital steps to rethink, redesign

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and reinforce Lagos' critical infrastructure

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and network of systems to reduce the damaging impact of flooding.

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But simply protecting the infrastructure isn't enough.

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We're working to protect our people too.

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By reinforcing 18km of coastal embankments

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and building new sea walls,

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we're helping to protect more than 1.5 million coastal residents.

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We're also working at relocating and empowering

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more than 300,000 vulnerable people from across Lagos

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and supporting them with that transition.

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We've also been hard at work improving our crisis response too.

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That means we're ensuring climate risk is built into

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all decision-making, laws and policies,

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improving our capacity to respond to crisis quickly and effectively.

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The effects of climate change can't be ignored.

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They are taking a serious toll on our city.

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Lagos - already Africa's largest city -

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is predicted to expand by 77 people every hour

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between now and the year 2030.

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There's no time to lose.

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The good news is that by working together

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we're making a difference and building

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a better, more resilient future for the city and its people.