Nigeria’s plan to decarbonize its network of telecoms infrastructure facilities will create job opportunities.
This was the affirmation of the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, SPEC, Ajuri Ngelale after his meeting with Green ICT Champion, Mr. Diseye Isoun, held in Switzerland.
The SPEC said, at the meeting, he was briefed on progress recorded in Nigeria’s drive to decarbonize its telecoms infrastructure facilities.
He said “I was briefed on progress being recorded in Nigeria’s push to decarbonize its robust network of telecoms infrastructure facilities by Green ICT Champion, Mr. Diseye Isoun, who flew into Switzerland for the meeting.
“There are tremendously exciting emissions displacement opportunities in the sector that will create job opportunities in the months ahead. Mr. Isoun is working hard to ensure that our frameworks are integrous and that our benchmarks are achievable”.
The SPEC also met with his counterpart, Denmark’s Special Climate Envoy, Mr. Tomas Anker Christensen, to discuss ways to provide a framework for monitoring climate action programmes in real-time.
“The week ended with a very important virtual engagement with my counterpart, Denmark’s Special Climate Envoy, Mr. Tomas Anker Christensen on Friday, in Geneva, Switzerland, as we laid out President Bola Tinubu’s green industrial vision and other critical climate action initiatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The conversation led to an agreed set of next steps which will play a crucial role in providing a framework for monitoring climate action programmes in real-time while also placing de-risking capital formation at the forefront of global climate finance discussions as Nigeria leads the campaign for value chain localization in the global south”, Ngelale said.
