By Fatima Saka
The Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, has agitated on the importance of the country’s commitment to climate change and renewable energy to foster on the country’s economy.
This was made known on Monday by the Industry Sectors’ Customer Services Finance and Policy Future Energy Generation News Resources Press Releases Renewable energy Regional News West Africa in a virtual meeting hosted by President Joe Biden of the United States, on Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change (MEF).
However, Buhari stated that an updated Nationally Determined Contribution to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change had been submitted to replace the interim contribution dated 27 May 2021.
The updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) excluded elimination of kerosene lighting by 2030, increase in use of buses for public transport and reduction in burning of crop residues.
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“Our updated NDC includes the waste sector which is expected to contribute to the reduction of Nigeria’s greenhouse gas emissions. This development raised an additional 2% to the Nationally Determined Contribution from 45% to 47% conditionally and 20% unconditionally below business-as-usual,” Buhari stated.
“Other action plans that are inherent in our NDC include; elimination of kerosene lighting by 2030, increase in the use of bus rapid transit as a means of transportation for the general public, 50% reduction in the fraction of crop residues burnt by 2030 and implementation of forest programmes”.
“Initiatives to deliver 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and enhanced removals equivalent to approximately 74.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2030, and Ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out hydro fluorocarbon emissions,’’ the President said.
Buhari also noted that Nigeria was developing National Frameworks for Article 6 and for carbon pricing, adding, “We have finalised the Sectoral Action Plan for the implementation of the revised NDC in the key priority sectors, namely energy, oil and gas, agriculture and land use, power, transport and water and waste.’’
On the Global Methane Pledge, the President told the world leaders that Nigeria joined the Global Methane Alliance in 2019 with commitment to methane reduction targets of, at least 45% by 2025 and a 60-75% reduction by 2030.
