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Paris Agreement is a treaty on climate change adopted by 196 countries during the Climate Change Conference in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. The treaty entered into force on 4 November 2016. The report urged governments to implement policies that will increase demand for carbon removals by embedding CDR policies into its Nationally Determined Contributions to the climate action plans under the United Nations FrameWork Convention on Climate Change .PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible.
Implementation of the Agreement requires economic and social transformation based on the best available science. The Agreement works on a five-year cycle of increasingly ambitious climate action carried out by countries. The energy sector, deforestation and land-use change are the most significant contributors to Nigeria’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to theIn Nigeria, gas flaring from oil flow stations is common, particularly in some coastal states in the Niger Delta region.
“In 2018, greenhouse emissions from oil and gas were the largest contributor to Nigeria’s energy sector emissions at 33 per cent. The reduction will comprise a major component of Nigeria NDC target – which are an unconditional reduction of 20 per cent and conditional reduction of additional 47 per cent with international support,” the report said.