Climate-Induced Insecurities and The ECOWAS Initiatives: Implications for Regional Goals 1991-2021

ECOWAS is a regional organization established in West Africa on May 28, 1975 with the objective of encouraging integration and economic cooperation to ensure mutual growth development among member states. Since its inception, it has involved humanitarian interventions some crises-ridden However, sustenance success recently met serious challenges through evolution climate-induced insecurities region. Studies indicate that turbulent nature such security caused by climate change seems be overwhelming ECOWAS. The fact evolving conflicts largely relate quest for survival requiring more econometric meteorological actions than political solutions which ECOWAS, apparently lacks technical know-how combat. It against backcloth stated problematic this paper sets focus initiatives evaluating current implications weather-related African integration. Nevertheless, main idea inherent evaluation tends posit although organ faces tremendous unprecedented posed these climatic original goals, reluctance part governments member-states adhere fundamental principles region, further implies there little hopes impactful cooperation, if outlined plans are not vigorously pursued achieve anticipated prospects only way forward. adopted qualitative historical analytical research methods.