By Chuks Oyema-Aziken DUBAI
The Director for energy, transportation and infrastructure at the National Council on climate change, NCCC, Micheal Ivenso has stressed the important role of the private sector in climate action in Nigeria.
Speaking to journalists at the ongoing UNFCCC COP28 in Dubai, he said COP28 is where the private sector has participated the most.
“And like we said, in our energy transition plan, it’s going to be private sector led. And the more the faster you bring private sector to the conversation to the table.
“They interact with the global peers look at what the best practices are, the faster we can decarbonize forming partnerships, looking at ways to collaborate with partners all over the world, and really enhancing the knowledge and the availability of climates, tools and resources to support that decarbonisation
Ivenso lauded President Bola Tinubu, Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal Abbas and the Director-General, NCCC, Salisu Dahiru for their leadership in making Nigeria have a successful outing at COP28.
He said the removal of petroleum subsidy by the federal government further supports the transition process of the country.
“So NCCC is working with the federal government to build the enabling environment and policies to support adoption and uptake of renewable energy products, across sectors across all MDs.
“One of the things you recognize that the President Bola Tinubu did was the removal of petroleum subsidy. Now, we have an opportunity here to reset parts of Climate Change Response and also changing behaviors in our consumption patterns, whether it’s be power, whether it’s the gasoline or diesel, or any other thing as much of what food waste is an important aspect of food waste contribute to climate change.”
He harped on local climate action to suit the country’s national and economic interests.
“We have said that gas is our transmission fuel. But that means we should have invested enough to build and store builds of renewable energy sources to basically count around fossil, but in doing so will still require the investments from fossil income to be able to build it overall.”
