President Muhammadu Buhari
It has been revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday
depart Nigeria for Paris, France where he will join over 50 world
leaders in the One Planet Summit.
The summit holds on Tuesday.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President will be accompanied by the
governors of Adamawa, Kano, and Ondo States as well as the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs and Environment.
He is expected back in the country on Thursday.
The summit, jointly organised by the United Nations, the World Bank
Group, and the French Government in partnership with non-governmental
organisations concerned about reversing the negative effects of climate
change, like Bloomberg Philanthropies, holds at the eco-friendly La
Seine Musicale, situated on the picturesque Seguin Island in western
Paris.
The main focus of the summit, with the theme, “Climate Change Financing,” according to the organisers, will be to innovatively pool public and private finance “to support and accelerate our common efforts to fight climate change.”
While recognising that all countries are affected by the effects of
climate change under “One Planet” but some are more vulnerable, the
summit seeks for tangible collective action to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
The statement read in part, “Before heading for the Summit
venue, the Nigerian leader will attend a lunch hosted by President
Emmanuel Macron of France for Heads of State and Governments at the
Elysee Palace.
“President Buhari and other world leaders and participants will
make presentations under four sub-themes namely: Scaling-up Finance for
Climate Action; Greening Finance for Sustainable Business; Accelerating
Local and Regional Climate Action; Strengthening Policies for
Ecological and Inclusive Transition.
It would be recalled that while signing the Paris Agreement on
Climate Change at the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United
Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2016, President
Buhari had said it ‘demonstrated Nigeria’s commitment to global efforts
to reverse the effects of the negative trend.’
“He followed that significant step by signing the Instrument of
Ratification of the Paris Agreement on March 28, 2017 at the State
House, Abuja, making Nigeria the 146th party to the Paris Treaty. It
became binding on the country effective June 15, 2017, one month after
the submission of the Ratification instrument to the United Nations on
May 16, 2017 by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof.
Tijjani Bande.”
Adesina said the participation of Nigeria’s delegation at the One
Planet Summit will reinforce the country’s commitment to realising the
objectives of the Paris Agreement.
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