As part of Nigeria’s commitment to a safer and healthier global climate, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced new plans in a revamped strategy to phase out the use of kerosene in the country by 2030.
The president stated this yesterday during a virtual meeting on the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change held by US President Joe Biden (MEF).
Increased use of bus rapid transit as a mode of public transportation, a 50% reduction in the fraction of crop wastes burned by 2030, and the implementation of forest programmes are among the items on President Buhari’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
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The presidentPresident noted that the NDC is a contribution to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, submitted to replace the interim contribution of May 27, 2021.
The Federal Government had in 2012 commenced a new policy draft known as the National strategic policy for LPG in collaboration with stakeholders in the petroleum industry, to phase out kerosene and firewood usage in the country and adopt the cooking gas as an alternative, however, 10 years after, that policy is yet to crystallise.
A UN chief yesterday launched an all-out attack on the fossil fuel industry, accusing it of holding ‘humanity by the throat’ while also appealing to the world’s major economies to ‘end the age of fossil fuels.’
Antonio Guterres made the call in a speech to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, he said ‘Nothing could be more clear or present than the danger of fossil fuel expansion’ he added.
The virtual meeting, hosted by US President Joe Biden, brings together countries representing 80 percent of global GDP, population, and greenhouse gas emissions, the White House said.