Cultural Literacy: A Critical Reflection for Climate Change Mitigation

This paper discussed the importance of cultural practices toward climate change. In Nigeria, many communities engage in different cultural practices which have over the years protected the ecosystem. The environment and its associated resources both living and non-living things are culturally accorded values, guide the usability of such environmental resources and protect the ecosystem. But toady these cultural practices have been lately replaced with modern ways of life with its associated science and technology and climate change. to mitigate or reduce the impact of climate change need a turn around to some traditional ways of utilizing the ecosystem which the culture of tree planting is one them. The culture of tree planting skill is a necessity for the safety of our environment from climate change impact because one tree planted can purify polluted air due to climate change, absorbs tons of carbon and creates several kilogrammes of oxygen. Keywords: Culture, Cultural Practices, Cultural Literacy, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-36-07 Publication date: December 31 st 2021