Even though it was excluded in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted by the Nigerian government to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Nigeria’s aviation sector is thinking of ways to reduce its contribution to GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
Although not delineated, Nigeria’s transport sector (including the aviation sector), according to the NDC document, accounts for 21 per cent of GHG emissions within Nigeria’s energy sector in 2018.
Nigeria said it is committed to becoming a low-carbon economy as a means of promoting sustainable development as well as contributing to global efforts to reduce GHG emissions released into the atmosphere.
The NDCs speak about mitigation in road transport alone excluding air transport which according to the National Bureau of Statistics contributed 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2023 to GDP growth indicating the functionality of the sector.
The Director General of Nigeria Civil…