In 2050, the Sign MoU on lowering Greenhouse Gas billion from the agric sector with Lagos projected is to be wiped off completely.
President Biden’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, John Kerry, noted that the United States says it has donated $12 billion to help countries reduce due to the impacts of climate change but most cities in Nigeria are faced with erosion, with people becoming homeless due to rising sea levels.
While 80 percent of the world’s emissions come from 20 countries, the U.S. inclusive, 48 sub-Saharan African states are responsible for only 0.55 percent.
Article 9 of the Paris Agreement, which most countries of the world signed, insists: “Developed country Parties shall provide financial resources to assist developing country Parties, concerning both mitigation and adaptation in continuation of their existing obligations under the Convention.”
Sadly, this funding has remained dismal.
Speaking, in Abuja, Kerry said:
“What we don’t want to have to happen is that Nigeria and other countries make a decision that they’re going to build out a capacity infrastructure that is going to undo what we’re trying to do and set us back. Now, we had a huge amount of agreement in our conversation.”
“The minister made it very clear to me that Nigeria intends to be thoughtful about these 10 years. But beyond that, realizing that we have this cushion here, we have a few years during which gas will be part of the transition. No question.”
“But after you get past those 10 years or so, everyone is going to have to be on a glide path where you’re reducing emissions, because otherwise, we can’t reach net-zero by 2050.”
Through Africa, most stakeholders have affirmed the desire to allow Africa to use its hydrocarbon resources to develop, given the level of underdevelopment poverty, and funding required for cleaner energy. But climate change activists are worried about that.
Kerry stressed that the U.S. would double the amount of money going into adaptation and resilience, adding Biden has put together the “President’s Emergency Programme for adaptation and resilience, and it has put $12 billion on the table, as part of that program, to help countries reduce the obvious impacts of the climate crisis.
Meanwhile, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development signed a letter of intent with the U.S. government to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions from the agriculture sector by 74 million tonnes by 2030.
The letter was signed by Kerry and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Abubakar Mohammed.
Mohammed stated the agricultural sector was nominated as one of five sectors to implement the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) action plan, through climate-smart agriculture.
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