President Bola Tinubu has assured the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) within the World Economic Forum’s Center of Nature and Climate as well as the Forum’s Center for Energy and Materials that Nigeria will re-double efforts and create incentives for industries to abandon poor plastic waste management practices.
He has also pledged to incentivize the industry of plastic waste collection and advanced recycling within the context of a dedicated waste-to-energy district of Evergreen City “where wealth will be generated from the circular economic ecosystem that plastic waste pollution can eventually power.”
The Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, Ajuri Ngelale, gave this position on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, while receiving briefings from the leadership of three technical teams who are working within the World Economic Forum’s Center of Nature and Climate as well as the Forum’s Center for Energy and Materials.
Disclosing the outcomes of the briefings, Ngelale said: “We agreed to advance new opportunities for enhanced collaboration following my presentation of H.E. President Bola Tinubu’s green industrial vision with further insight into the wide-ranging activities presently being carried out in Nigeria’s climate action sector.”
The special envoy who is also the spokesperson to the president, noted that apart from the extensive meetings with two important Centers of the forum, he was briefed by the GPAP on the next stage of GPAP’s partnership with Nigeria “where data had shown that Nigeria had assumed the top position in Africa in responsiveness to the plastic waste crisis across multiple criteria of assessment.”
According to Ajuri, “there are many reasons to be excited about the ongoing handshake between Nigeria and the rest of the world on existential matters of climate action and the resulting green economic opportunities being presented.
“Today’s interactions once again reminded me of all that can be achieved when we strive to work collaboratively with others — to learn, to listen, to share, and to execute in synergy,” he said.
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