The National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) has urged participants at a workshop for the preparation of Nigeria’s First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1), a Combined Second Biennial Transparency Report (BTR2) and the Fourth National Communication (NC4), to always generate accurate data for reporting to help the country achieve its goal of keeping the global temperature rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Dr. Salisu Dahiru, Director General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), made this call during a five-day workshop in Lagos organized with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Dr. Dahiru, who was represented at the event by Mr. Michael Ivenso, NCCC Director of Energy, Transport and Industry, explained that being a party to the UNFCCC and its Paris agreements, Nigeria is required to submit national reports. These reports would detail greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation actions, adaptation efforts, and support received or needed.
He said: “Nigeria, being a Party to the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement, has the obligation to prepare and submit national reports of emission of greenhouse gases by sources and removal by sinks, mitigation actions, adaptation impacts, and support received or needed, which is in accordance with the decisions and guidelines of reporting under the Convention.”
“In order to meet this obligation, Nigeria has prepared and submitted to the UNFCCC, three reporting cycles in the National Communication, two in the Biennial Update Report and currently commenced the preparation of the BTR1-BTR2- NC4. BTR 1 is expected to be submitted to the UNFCCC by December 2024 as mandated in the Paris Agreement,” he added.