By Chuks Oyema-Aziken
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Climate Finance and Stakeholders Engagement, Ibrahim Abdullahi Shelleng on Wednesday said the federal government is committed to transparent climate actions.
He stated this at the 3-day Stakeholder’s Consultation Workshop on Data Analysis towards the preparation of Nigeria’s First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) to the UNFCCC in Abuja.
The workshop was organized by the National Council on Climate Change Secretariat with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Shelleng said climate finance has been difficult to access due to unavailable data.
He said this time around the federal government is supporting the NCCC Secretariat and other stakeholders to produce a validated and transparent data.
“This administrations drive has been to show our commitment in driving climate actions.
“Data is vital in your reporting. We are talking of data that is validated and transparent to present to the international community.
The BTR preparation is an obligation to countries who are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of which Nigeria is a party to.
The Abuja workshop is being attended by Climate Change Focal Person and Sectoral Data Compiler from the States.
