Nigeria and the rest of Africa must develop a transition strategy and agenda focusing more on decarbonising energy sources rather than abandoning of natural resources as canvassed by the developed economies.
Gray, who warned that continued dependence on the transition agenda and strategy of developed countries may not augur well for Africa’s development, noted that struggling African countries including Nigeria who were listed amongst developing risk economies need advice on how best to reach their own energy transition goals.
“If we are going to take it seriously we cannot come from the angle that the West is coming from, we cannot be preaching about climate change because that is not the most severe of our problems. Whether we like it or not people are hungry, they just want development so if you’re talking to them about climate change, they’re not going to listen to you. Let’s address it from our own perspective from what actually works for us.
“But we just now decide what our strategy is. Enough of the pity party it will not get us anyway. How can we sort of insulate ourselves as a continent from you can’t do it 100 per cent?
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