Former United States Vice-President, Al Gore, has urged public policy think-tank, Nextier Group, to keep pushing its innovative renewable energy projects in Nigeria for Africa in line with efforts to find solutions to climate change challenges.
L-R: Emeka Okpukpara (Partner, Nextier Power); Al Gore, former Vice-President of the United States of America; and Patrick O. Okigbo III (Nextier’s Founding Partner) at a private dinner organised by the New York Times on the sidelines of the COP 28 climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Gore gave the encouragement at a private dinner organised by the New York Times during the COP 28 climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The former American Vice-President spoke after he was given an insight into some of the climate change projects being incubated by Nextier in Nigeria for Africa, by Patrick O. Okigbo III (Nextier’s Founding Partner) and Emeka Okpukpara (Partner, Nextier Power).
After the duo shared with Mr. Gore some of the innovative projects Nextier is incubating in Nigeria for Africa, he encouraged them to keep pushing despite the odds.
“When Al Gore (former US Vice President) released his documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, in 2006, most people weren’t paying attention to the risks of climate change.
“Today, the impacts are all around us, and most people are now paying attention.
“At a private dinner organised by the New York Times (at COP 28 in Dubai), Mr. Gore argued, quite forcefully, that the world can triple renewables by 2030. Indeed, renewables could power our future.
“He was preaching to the converted, but he fired up the room of about 80 dinner guests to double down to triple up.
“Patrick O. Okigbo III (Nextier’s Founding Partner) and Emeka Okpukpara (Partner, Nextier Power) shared with Mr. Gore some of the innovative projects the firm is incubating in Nigeria for Africa.
“He encouraged them to keep pushing despite the odds”, Okigbo wrote while summarizing the importance of the event in Dubai.
