President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria will achieve net-zero emissions by 2060.
The president indicated this on Tuesday while speaking about Nigeria’s plans during the climate change conference in Glasgow.
His proposed date is 10 years behind the United Nations-approved target.
The UN stipulated that the global carbon dioxide emissions would need to reach net-zero around 2050 to limit the disastrous effects of climate change.
Net zero-emission means that all man-made greenhouse gas emissions must be removed from the atmosphere through reduction measures. Hereby, reducing the planet’s net climate balance.
Speaking at the conference, Buhari acknowledged that climate change is ravaging all regions of Nigeria and the country is committed to tackling its impacts.
There is an urgent need for action on the environment. Desertification in the north, floods in the centre. Pollution and erosion on the coast are enough evidence. For Nigeria, climate change is not about the affairs of tomorrow but what is happening today.
“Nigeria is committed to net-zero by 2060. In our lifetime, Lake Chad has gone from a vast expanse of biodiversity to a shadow of itself. We are investing in renewable, hydro dams and solar projects,” he said.
The president also noted that the country’s revised national determined contributions (NDCs) priorities sectors that can help the country achieve the transition from fossil fuel to clean energy as a way of keeping the Paris Agreement.
We are looking for partners in innovation, technology, and finance to make cleaner and efficient use of all available resources to help us make a stable transition in the energy market.
“The revised NDCs has additional priority sectors – water and waste, nature-based solutions, adaptation and resilience, vulnerability assessment, a clean cooking agenda, green job assessment, and a bottom-up renewable energy transition pathway by 2030,” he added.
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