The federal government has said that Nigeria is not going to follow
on the heels of the United States of America and pull out of the Paris
Agreement which is seen as a turning point for global climate policy.
This was disclosed in a statement signed and issued on Friday by the
Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Environment, Ibrahim Usman
Jibrin.
According to him, Nigeria entered into the Paris Agreement as a
sovereign state hence will remain committed to its provisions taking
into account its national circumstances and interests.
The statement reads in part: “Despite the pulling out of the United
States from the Paris Agreement, I want to state categorically that
Nigeria joined the Agreement as a Sovereign country taking into account
its national circumstances and convection in a global approach to tackle
climate change.
“Nigeria is committed to the provisions of the Paris Agreement as it is in National interest.”
The Paris Agreement is a consensus within the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse
gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year
2020.
The aim is to limit global temperature rise to 2C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.
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