President Muhammadu Buhari will attend
the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as COP-22, in
Marrakech, Morocco, from November 14-16, 2016.
A statement by the Special Adviser to
the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said Buhari would
participate in the official opening plenary on November 15 where he
would deliver a national statement during the High Level Segment of COP
22.
The statement said the presidential
address would highlight, among other key issues, Nigeria’s unwavering
commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions
(NDCs) and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through
environmental sustainable efforts.
It also said Buhari would use the
occasion of his speech to rally international support for the clean-up
of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta and the resuscitation of the Lake Chad
Basin.
“While in Marrakech, the President is
scheduled to attend the Africa Day Commemoration at COP 22 with the
theme, ‘Moving from Commitments to Action with Intended Nationally
Determined Contributions and African Renewable Energy Initiative’”, the
statement added.
Adesina said Buhari would also attend the Summit of African Heads of State on the sidelines of the Climate Change conference.
COP 22, which will be attended by
representatives from 197 countries including world leaders, environment
ministers, government officials as well as a wide range of
representatives from civil society and the private sector, is the first
meeting of State Parties since the entry into force of the landmark
Paris Agreement on November 4, 2016.
The legally binding international
Agreement on climate change, among others, addresses issues of global
warming, including its impact on food security and agriculture.
Buhari signed the Paris Agreement on
September 22, 2016 at the margins of the 71st session of the United
Nations General Assembly in New York.
Credit: thisdaylive
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