The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Mahmud Kambari, has stressed that Nigeria will continue to strengthen its institutional and technical capacity to respond to the transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement.
Kambari made the assertion at a workshop organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Global Environment Facility-funded projects in Abuja.
He stated that the country has been driving an ambitious global agenda to address the crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
Represented by Dr. Ama Moses, Director of Forestry and National Coordinator of REDD, he noted that climate change impacts have increased the severity of extreme weather, prolonged droughts, and their fallout on the agricultural sector, deforestation, and clean energy access gaps.
He explained that these impacts have taken a toll on the environment, fueling industrial pollution and rising sea levels encroaching upon coastal regions.
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“Nigeria is implementing improved management of climate change risk and building resilience to adapt to its long-term impacts through the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC),” the perm sec explained.
Also speaking, Dr. Adesoji A. Adeyemi, FAO National Consultant on GHG, emphasized the importance of forging catalytic partnerships and mobilizing finance to deliver on Nigeria’s net-zero commitment by 2060, while ensuring economic development.
He added that the GEF-funded project seeks to support Nigeria in meeting the enhanced transparency requirements defined in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement. He noted the need for accelerated actions across sectors and society to realise these goals.
“The country can move toward a more self-sufficient arrangement for GHG emission data compilation, with manual skill training to access and track climate information. FAO recognizes the need for technology transfer,” Adeyemi added.
