FG unveils project to promote transparency in reporting climate action

Federal Government has unveiled the Global Environment Facility-Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (GEF-CBIT) project to promote transparency and accountability in reporting climate action.

Mahmud Kambari, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the Inception workshop for sensitisation of key government stakeholders on (GEF-CBIT) project in Nigeria.

Kambari, who was represented by Ama Moses, Director, Forestry in the ministry, said that the project would promote transparency and accountability in reporting climate action to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The theme of the workshop is “Strengthening the Capacity of Institutions in Nigeria to Implement the Transparency Requirements of the Paris Agreement.’’

Kambari said Nigeria, as a signatory to the Paris agreement, unveiled the project which was anchored on the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) that was established in 2016 by the GEF at the request of Parties of the Paris Agreement.

“The objective of this project is to strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of Nigeria to respond to the transparency requirements of the Paris agreement.

“In doing this, the project will strengthen the capacity of institutions in the key Green House Gas (GHG) emissions sectors to manage Nigeria’s GHG inventory, Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system.’’

He said that the project would equally track implementation of Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in order to improve transparency over time.

The permanent secretary said that GEF funded project sought to support Nigeria in meeting the enhanced transparency requirements defined in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.