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Ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP) billed to be held in Turkey subsequent month, stakeholders have recommended and endorsed SOStainability’s sustained focus on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 in Nigeria.
The UK-based sustainability agency lately introduced the RENEW Nigeria challenge as a collection of intersectional intelligence and information merchandise on governance and repair supply in Nigeria’s clear power panorama.
The House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has signed up as a parliamentary associate, saying the challenge’s targets are in “direct alignment with Nigeria’s energy transition agenda and our national climate commitments.”
In a letter of endorsement signed by the chairman, Hon. Victor Ogene, the committee expressed confidence that the challenge’s outputs and outcomes will “significantly contribute to policy development, sector accountability and the achievement of SDG 7 in Nigeria,” including that it recognises “the role of strategic partnerships in improving service delivery, strengthening legislative oversight, and accelerating access to sustainable energy across Nigeria.”
The challenge scope covers analysis, documentation, and varied stakeholder engagement programmes starting at COP 31. Over the approaching weeks, the challenge goals to highlight genuine SDG7 success tales, establish gaps, and promote alternatives in power entry, affordability, and effectivity in Nigeria.
Oke Epia, CEO of SOStainability, mentioned RENEW Nigeria is designed as a “response to the demand for tangible, measurable, and verifiable value from climate finance flows into Nigeria. The project targets public entities, companies, and civil society across Nigeria’s energy ecosystem, especially in renewable energy and clean cooking.”
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According to him, the challenge might be carried out by way of distinct however intersecting merchandise and actions, together with publication of the Nigeria Renewable Energy Industry Annual Status Report and related digital dashboard billed to be launched in London subsequent 12 months, the SDG7 Success Story Series revealed in ThisDay newspaper, and the RENEW Nigeria Events and Awards to be convened on the sidelines of the COP 31, IRENA Assembly held on the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Summit in January 2027; and the upcoming Lagos Climate Action Week.
“We will soon be announcing our series of engagements at COP 31, including country-level and industry-focused bilaterals that have been designed to elevate investment and partnership conversations around renewables and clean cooking in Nigeria,” the CEO acknowledged.
SOStainability is already participating with companions and potential collaborators, together with United Nations entities, US-based Local Power/Community Choice Aggregation, which is authorised to serve half of the US power market and reaches over 50 million Americans; and GLOBE Legislators, Focal Point of the UNFCCC Parliamentary Group.
“The RENEW Nigeria SDG7 project offers long-term, end-to-end, and distinctly beneficial engagement that elevates thought leadership, market access and expansion, global visibility and partnership opportunities, and credible and bankable industry recognition,” Epia acknowledged.
As a part of the build-up to the trade standing report, SOStainability serialised a light-touch evaluation of the state of electrical energy throughout Nigeria’s 36 states, highlighting energy entry, affordability, and clear power. The collection targeted on the 2023 decentralisation of electrical energy and elimination of petrol subsidy, elevating pertinent conversations on how using public assets might help remedy Nigeria’s energy issues and unlock productiveness for industries, small and medium-scale companies, households, and people who require common, inexpensive, and cleaner provide of electrical energy to energy manufacturing. The collection used key metrics together with authorized framework, regulatory readiness, and proof of challenge pipelines to measure efficiency within the energy sector.
SOStainability is a world enterprise devoted to selling sustainability and accountable local weather motion throughout companies, communities, governments, and non-governmental entities. Based within the United Kingdom, the agency presents sustainability consulting in keeping with the triple backside line of individuals, planet, and revenue. Significantly, SOStainability creates credible bridges between African establishments and world local weather funding ecosystems by leveraging its intensive expertise working with African establishments, communities, companies, and authorities in local weather governance, particularly on coverage, communications, and stakeholder engagement. SOStainability is the co-convener of the Nigeria Climate Investment Summit (NCIS) held in London and produces this web page each week for THISDAY Newspaper to create consciousness, have interaction stakeholders, and publicise the sustainability initiatives of private and non-private entities.
