Nigeria is planning to utilise significant climate financing in partnership with the US to advance the country’s green industrial agenda in the coming years.
The Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action (SPEC), Ajuri Ngelale, made this known during his meeting with the U.S. Head of Delegation to the United Nations Climate Conference and Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, Sue Biniaz, in Bonn, Germany.
Ngelale said the nation’s mutual ties with the United States of America will extend into Nigeria’s realisable ambition to become a green industrial powerhouse over the next 10 years.
“I certainly cherished the quality and productive time spent today with the U.S. Head of Delegation to the United Nations Climate Conference and Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, Ms. Sue Biniaz, in Bonn, Germany, on Sunday afternoon.
“We shared views concerning tangible next steps to be taken towards leveraging large-scale climate financing instruments to drive Nigeria’s green industrial agenda in the years ahead.
“The ties of mutually fruitful cooperation between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Nigeria will extend deeply into Nigeria’s realisable ambition to become a green industrial powerhouse over the next 10 years.”
SPEC acknowledged that more work is needed to establish new mechanisms for the transparent and innovative allocation of resources to achieve the set goals of de-risked investment capital from around the world.
“We have much work to do in the form of putting in place new mechanisms to achieve a truly transparent and innovative application of available resources to meet our objective of attracting new and de-risked investment capital from around the world,” he added.
Ngelale expressed confidence in Nigeria’s Climate Action team towards achieving the mandate of becoming a green industrial powerhouse saying the group will attain its mandate.
“I am confident that we have the team to deliver on this for the country. One step at a time.”
The U.S. Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate was joined in the meeting by Trigg Talley, the Managing Director for Negotiations and Director for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Change.
Recall that the Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday directed Special Envoy on Climate Action, Ajuri Ngelale, to serve as Nigeria’s Chief diplomat and lead representative on all climate-related engagements and negotiations while also supervising the Energy Transition Office.
SPEC is the lead negotiator on climate-related matters on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, reporting directly to the President.
The envoy is responsible for overseeing all interactions between the Secretariat of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) and the NCCC Supervising Council, chaired by the President.
The Special Presidential Envoy on Climate, Ajuri Ngelale, will serve as the coordinator of all climate action-related activities. His mandate is to directly engage with other nations, international organisations, and non-governmental entities to build coalitions and advance global climate goals while keeping Nigeria’s national interest in mind.
