Quest Journals Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science Volume 9 ~ Issue 5 (2021)pp: 01-11 ISSN(Online):2321-9467 www.questjournals.org Corresponding Author: Odigwe, M. Atubi A.O 1 | Page Research Paper Evaluation of the Effects of Climate Change on the Inhabitants of the Niger Delta Region Odigwe, M. Atubi A.O and Efe, S. I. Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria P.M.B 1, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria. ABSTRACT The study investigates the evaluation of the effects of climate change on the inhabitants of the Niger Delta Region. This is to decide the human characteristic and natural reasons for climate change in the Niger Delta Region, and to looked at climate change effects in the Niger Delta region and adaptation strategies adopted in the Niger Delta region. The study used the ex-post facto and survey research design. The research used the yearly precipitation and temperature data from 1925 – 2018 from the Climate Research Unit library (CRU) Ts 4.03 with the assistance of Google earth. The grid points of 5 o x 5 o gridded high-resolution stations was utilized. The study administered 398 questionnaires using the 5-points Likert scale question. In testing the hypotheses ANOVA and regression analyses were utilized. The study observed that what triggered climate change in the Niger Delta region were caused primarily predicted by increase in population, deforestation, gas flaring, volcanic eruption, astronomical causes, bush burning, change in earth’s environment, variation in solar output, and industrialization. On the other hand, 79% of what triggered climate change in the Niger Region depicts wrong urban design and human errors as a factor. Furthermore, the study indicates that the effects of climate change in the Niger Delta region were primarily predicted by disruption of cable network and television reception, rise in sea level, acid rain, policing military operations, tourism/recreation, power outage, building, death, flooding, bad roads, agricultural/food security, increased temperature, prevalence of disease, conflict, security, economics, displacements, and drought, while the remaining 21% of the effects of climate change in the Niger Delta region depicting wrong planning and human errors as a factor. KEYWORDS: Evaluation, variability, effects, climate change, inhabitants Received 16 May, 2021; Revised: 29 May, 2021; Accepted 31 May, 2021 © The author(s) 2021. Published with open access at www.questjournals.org I. INTRODUCTION Climate is viewed as the statistical depiction in the area of the mean and inconstancy pertinent to amounts, for example, precipitation and temperature throughout some stretch of time going from months to thousands or millions of years (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2014). In this regard, the IPCC (2014) defined climate change as direct or indirect activities of man on the earth surface which modifies the configuration of the global atmosphere. Adedeji et al. (2014) averred that climate change is among the major obstacles faced by man in recent time and also contribute substantial stress to humanities and to the environment, with threats in food production owing to shift in weather patterns, expansion in the danger of disastrous flooding owing to rising in sea levels, and with great impacts which is worldwide in scope and phenomenal in scale. They stated further that without intense action now, adjusting to these effects later on will be more troublesome and costly. Various researches carried on the effects of climate change in Africa established that by year 2050, closed to 75 million 250 thousand individuals are anticipated to be exposed to increased water stress because of climate change (IPCC, 2007). IPCC further stated that, agricultural activities, including food access, in numerous African nations and districts is projected to be seriously undermined by climate irregularity and change, and regions reasonable for farming, the seasons dimension for planting of crops, and yield potential, especially along the edges of semi-arid and arid-area territories, are expected to diminish. This would facilitate unfavourably influence on food security and intensify lack of healthy sustenance in the continent. In certain nations, yields from rain fed farming could be decreased by up to 50% by 2020 (IPCC, 2007). IPCC (2014) documented the cause of 95% of climate change, and its impact such as sea level rise, flooding and coastal