The event discussed the relationship between mining and climate change.
While making references to the nation’s commitment to Nationally Determined Contributions , Mr Nwankpa said; “We have gone to the world to make commitments that we will reduce our emission, we will transition people from cars to buses, we will make sure that a certain percentage of our national grid will be built with solar or renewable energy, and that by 2030 we will completely reduce gas flaring to zero.“But we are making no effort to fulfil any of these promises.
“We find ourselves in the future that we have not adequately prepared for. We are not existing in isolation but in competition with other countries. We are competing with the economy, livelihood, jobs etc. For instance, we are reinvesting in fossil fuel but the rest of the world is preparing that by 2030 most of their cars will run on electricity.
She said; “There are, at least, 15 countries that have tested their entire energy system from renewable energy and it worked. These countries are working towards a zero-fossil fuel future. “But we are here talking about using coal to run our electricity. We have not finished addressing the issue of getting gas and its unavailability of electricity. We are having two different conversations with the rest of the world.
“What is our role as a country? If we continue to talk about an increase in the capacity to mine some of these extractives for production, then we will continue to perpetuate the things that will give us problems.”
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