By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Federal government has launched Nigeria Energy Calculator 2050 (NECAL).
Speaking during the launch on Monday, the Minister of state for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, said the 2050 calculator was originally developed by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to help the UK Government plan their county’s low carbon transition in an evidence based way.
She noted that versions of the 2050 calculator are now being used in over 30 Countries around the world and Nigeria is one of the 10 counties supported through the UK Government’s International Climate Finance (ICF) programme to develop a calculator.
According to her, the project was led by the Energy Commission of Nigeria and the resulting Nigerian Energy Calculator was one of the tools used to inform the country’s NDC and its Sustainable Energy for All Action Agenda (Vision 2030).
She recalled that the MoU was jointly signed by the Energy Commission of Nigeria ECN, Department of Climate Change of Federal Ministry of Environment and United Kingdom at the premises of the British High Commission in Abuja on the 23rd June 2020 to initiate the commencement of the Project on the development of the NECAL as an updated version to address climate change in Nigeria.
She reiterated the commitment of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to global climate protocols and recent declaration at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Glasgow on meeting Net zero emissions by 2060.
Towards this end, she said, the Ministry as the national coordinating body of climate activities will leverage on this Tool for policy and decision making for the implementation of Nigeria’s long-term strategy for climate change under the Paris Agreement, as well as identify realistic solutions towards supporting the implementation of Nigeria’s NDCs.
The Minister expressed her appreciation to the British High Commission in Nigeria for the support provided in enabling this tripartite engagement with the UK Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Federal Ministry of Environment and the Energy Commission of Nigeria.
“I wish to thank the Consortium from UK BEIS – Imperial College , Ricardo , Mott McDonald and Climact for the technical support provided for this Project.
“The contributions of the National Steering Committee, Technical Working Group and participatory roles of all stakeholders towards the successful completion of this Project is duly acknowledged,” she added.
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