Nigeria on Saturday delivered its national statement at the ongoing global climate change conference calling on parties to embrace equity as they work together to defeat the climate crisis.
“Any durable solution must be based on cooperative fairness. Developing economies cannot be pressed and pressured into bearing a disproportionate share of the burden,” said Balarabe Lawal, Nigeria’s Minister of Environment who delivered the speech on behalf of the president.
This is coming after the largest economy in Africa failed to deliver a statement at the World Climate Action Summit (WCAS) alongside other heads of state.
Mr Lawal said it would be unfair to ask Nigeria and other developing countries to travel the road alone adding that “the framework of a sustainable climate change solution cannot mirror the extant imbalances of the current global economic order.”
He said those who benefit most from the current system have the onus to invest the most in repairing…
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