Nigeria Leads West Africa In Climate Commitment, Eyes Investment Boost At COP30

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By CHIKA CHIMEZIE

** As VP Shettima prepares to unveil country’s green transition roadmap

Nigeria has positioned itself as West Africa’s climate action leader following its submission of the region’s first 3rd National Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (@UNFCCC).

This comes as Vice President Kashim Shettima prepares to unveil Nigeria’s green transition roadmap to world leaders, positioning the country to turn its climate commitments into concrete investment opportunities and projects.

Director General of Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change, Tenioye Majekodunmi, disclosed this during the ongoing thirtieth Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 30) in Belém, Brazil, in an interview with journalists ahead of the summit’s opening ceremony.

Majekodunmi noted with delight that Nigeria’s pioneering status as the first West African nation to submit its National Determined Contribution positions the country to leverage COP 30 for substantial investment gains and partnerships.

Ten years ago, 196 Parties adopted the Paris Agreement in a landmark moment for global climate action at COP21 in Paris, France. At the heart of the agreement are the NDCs, through which each Party is required to communicate its emissions reduction targets and plans to adapt to climate change every five years from 2020 onward.

According to Majekodunmi, “This is particularly what we call the implementation COP that we have all been waiting for here in Belem, and we are very excited that it has come. COP 30 is particularly important for us in Nigeria because of the momentum that we have gathered in the last two months leading up to the summit. First with the submission of our NDC 3.0 and us being the first West African country to submit—this is a turning point for Nigeria.”