Government in Nigeria has restated its commitment to developing a sustainable climate finance plan for the country as it pursues its climate actions towards Cop 28 slated for Dubai, United Arab Emirates later this year.
Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Salako, at a Climate Change conference in Abuja, emphasized the need for collective actions by all stakeholders towards achieving a reduction in carbon footprints as well as enhancing resilience of local communities to climate change impact.
The conference which was attended by representatives of Frontline communities, climate justice groups, critical state actors, development experts, academia, and the media, was the second National Conference on Climate Change put together by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa.
According to officials, the aim was to interrogate cross-cutting concerns regarding climate change, encourage coordinated action among relevant stakeholders,, and set an agenda for Sustainable Climate Finance for Nigeria.
Speakers at this meeting say Nigeria and indeed Africa must push for a new climate funding mechanism that will address the needs of developing nations at COP28 in Dubai this year, but also emphasized the need for accountability on the part of African leaders.
To them, as global carbon emission continue to rise, it is time for Nigeria being the 3rd most affected in Africa
to tap on other concessionary funds to finance climate action for the country.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
