Abstract
Abstract 
 This study assessed urban generate climate change in Okene town of Kogi State, Nigeria. The objectives of this study include acquiring temperature, relative humidity and solar radiation data from SWAT satellite image from 1986 to 2016; determine the trend, normality, changes in temperature, relative humidity and solar radiation in the study area from 1986 to 2016. Climate data was collected from the Soil and Water Assessment Tools (SWAT) from 1986 to 2016 of Okene Town. Simple Statistical Measures of mean, maximum, minimum, standard deviation, Average deviation, coefficient of variation, skewness and kurtosis were used for discerning the trends and normality of temperature, relative humidity and solar radiation. The chi square statistical test was use to test the study hypothesis. The trend line equation shows positive for temperature (0.0567x +26.27), Solar radiation (0.036x + 18.1) and negative trend in relative humidity (y = -0.001x + 0.733). Chi square statistical result shows that there are significant changes in temperature, relative humidity and solar radiation over the past three decades in Okene town of Kogi State. In tackling this anomaly, there is need for greening the town by embanking on radical planting of trees and creation of cool pavement technologies towards cooler surfaces by convection or higher reflectance as adaptive/mitigation measures against Urban Heat Island in Okene town.
Highlights
Climate change has emerged as one of the defining issues of the early 21st century and this has become laudable with the declaration of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This study assessed urban generate climate change in Okene town, Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State using temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation data obtained from Soil and Water Assessment Tools (SWAT)
This study reveals a significant development of urban generates climate change in Okene town of Kogi State
Summary
Climate change has emerged as one of the defining issues of the early 21st century and this has become laudable with the declaration of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In fast growing urban areas to end poverty in all its forms (Goal 1); end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture (Goal 2); ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages (Goal 3); ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (Goal 6); promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (Goal 8); build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation (Goal 9); make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (Goal 11), take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (Goal 13); protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss (Goal 15) is very bleak in changing climatic conditions. Differences in temperature in urban centre force the development of alien metrological events to the area such as increased precipitation, which pose threat to the environment and human population (Zhao and Wang, 2002)
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