Nigeria’s national action plan for short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) calls for regulation of methane and black carbon from the oil and gas sector. The plan has set a target of a 50 percent reduction in methane leakage and “flare out” by 2030, at which time all but emergency flaring must cease. Nigeria has also joined the Global Methane Alliance, pledging to further cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 60-70%.
While these goals are aggressive, they can be attained with available technology and sound policy. Achieving these goals would achieve reductions equivalent to removing roughly 8.5 million cars from the road. More importantly, it could set a critical precedent for other countries in the region and around the globe.
This project provided technical and policy assistance to Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment and Department of Petroleum Resources to strengthen their institutional capacity to achieve its SLCP reduction targets.
The activities under this project are funded by the Coalition's Action Programme to Address the 1.5˚C Challenge, a programme developed by Coalition partners in response to the IPCC 1.5˚C Special Report which emphasizes the need for early action on all climate forcing emissions, including short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), as part of the pathway to stay well below 2˚C.
Nigeria has cut flaring by an impressive 70 percent since 2000. However, nearly 150 flares were still burning in 2018, wasting an estimated 17 billion cubic feet of natural gas and threatening the health of the 2.6 million people who live within four kilometers of a flare.
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment and Department of Petroleum Resources have requested support from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to identify the main emissions sources and abatement options for the oil and gas sector which will help to inform the development of policies and programmes, as well as Nigeria’s revised National Determined Contribution (NDC).
Through our implementing partners Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and Carbon Limits Nigeria, several activities were carried out to develop the needed capacity in Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment, Department of Petroleum Resources, and other supporting agencies and ministries:
As part of the ongoing collaboration, Nigerian Officials were invited to participate and share their experience to reduce GHG emissions from the oil and gas industry in a panel during the Conference of the Parties (COP) 26 in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Methane Moment pavilion. This interview can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAlXHzC8PS0&t=1153s
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Nigeria committed to reducing the emission of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) emanating from activities and processes within its border, which has informed the preparation of National SLCP...
As part of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s National SLCP Planning Initiative (SNAP), Nigeria has prepared a National Action Plan to reduce SLCPs. The country is motivated to undertake the...
