COP27: Research identifies capacities of Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia to meet climate change pledges
has revealed the capacities or otherwise of three West African countries to meet their climate change pledges.
A snippet into the report suggests that the African continent is currently between the rock and a hard place over the challenges posed by climate change.With its far-reaching and devasting impact on natural and human ecosystem, climate change is wreaking social and economic havoc on Africa. The recent devastating flooding – one of the worst in human history, is said to be an example of the dangerous impacts of climate change in Nigeria and other African countries.
Based on the encouragement by international development partners, several African countries have recently made ambitious pledges on climate action through their Nationally Determined Contributions , Long Term Visions and Strategies , and more recently by way of net-zero announcements. These efforts, on the surface, are found to be encouraging.
The research sought to ascertain the forces that led to the setting of these targets, the likelihood that the targets will be met, the barriers that inhibit action, and some options for driving credible and context-sensitive climate action in West Africa. In assessing the feasibility of the climate pledges in the case study countries, the research focuses on the political, economic, social, and institutional dimensions of the feasibilities. For the political dimension, it focuses on the extent to which the political situation and processes in the country make it more or less likely that countries will fulfil their pledges.
“Social and institutional factors support Ghana’s climate pledges, while economic and political forces pose a threat. Based on advancements made in the social and institutional variables, Ghana’s new climate goals are largely realisable,” the research findings revealed.
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