President Muhammadu Buhari will
depart Abuja Saturday for Katowice, Poland, to attend the 24th session of the
Conference of the Parties (COP24) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) between December 2 to 4, 2018.
The COP24 Summit, which will be
held at the International Conference Centre (MCK) and the adjacent Spodek Arena
in Katowice, is being convened under the Presidency of Poland.
According to the organisers, the
conference is expected to finalise the rules for implementation of the Paris
Agreement on Climate Change under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP) –
the rule book for implementation.
During the Leaders’ Summit at COP24,
Buhari will deliver a national statement highlighting Nigeria’s commitment to
addressing climate change by implementing the goals set out in its National
Determined Contributions.
The President’s Special Adviser
on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement to DAILY POST on Friday,
said Buhari “will also use the occasion to accentuate Nigeria’s willingness to
work with international partners to reverse the negative effects of climate
change in Africa and the world over, while expecting that developed nations
scale up their emission reduction activities in order to limit the increase in
average global temperatures to well below 2 degrees centigrade between now and
2020.
“The Leaders’ Summit is expected
to adopt a ‘‘Declaration on Solidarity and Just Transition Silesia,’’ – named
after the region of Poland where this year’s climate conference is taking
place.
“As a member of the Committee of
the African Heads of State on Climate Change – a group of 10 African countries
that meets and takes positions concerning issues of climate change on behalf of
the continent – Nigeria has been at the forefront of advancing policies and
initiatives aimed at addressing significant challenges occasioned by climate
change such as reviving the Lake Chad, halting and reversing desertification,
flooding, ocean surge and oil spillage.
“President Buhari will continue
to champion these pressing issues at COP24 in Katowice, among others, as well
as reiterate Nigeria’s position on the need for African countries to access financial
resources, especially the Green Climate Fund to draw up climate change
adaptation policies and actions for implementation.
“The Nigerian delegation will
also showcase the policy measures and actions of the Federal Government at
ensuring environmental sustainability and effectively combating climate change
through several side events within the Nigerian pavilion.
“While in Poland, President
Buhari will hold an interactive session with the Nigerian community in that
country.
“The Nigerian leader is also
scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with the President of Poland Andrzej Duda
and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.”
The President, according to the
statement, will be accompanied by Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Yahaya Bello and
Abubakar Sani Bello of Enugu, Kogi and Niger States, respectively.
Others on his entourage include:
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Water
Resources, Suleiman Adamu, and the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim
Jibrin.
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