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are primarily at the heart of availability, affordability, sustainability
23 and
acceptability. The SDG 7 on affordable and clean energy emphasizes the
need to enhance energy access through equitable use of clean renewables.
Thus, energy access is a correlative function of energy security because
availability, affordability and sustainability create a condition for energy
access, which is a major priority to be addressed at all levels
24 just like
energy security itself. Therefore, Nigeria lacks the bedrock for achieving
SDG 7 on energy access, given its level of energy insecurity.
Nigeria’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) within
the framework of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement (PCCA)
is centred on greenhouse gas emission reduction, of which 20% reduction is unconditional and 45% conditional with international support.
The key measures for achieving which include efforts to end gas flaring
well into 2030, promote 13 GW off-grid solar photovoltaic equivalent
to 13,000 MW, and reinforce reforestation-based climate-smart agriculture. However, it is not clear how such contribution can be achieved in
the face of heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and undue disregard to logical
exploitation of modern energy resources. Thus, Nigeria’s INDC primary
objective of promoting access to electricity for all, economic and social
development, and standard of living is highly likely to be impacted by
a lack of adequate deployment of renewable energy to support national
energy mix. There is no doubt that actions taken to drive INDCs by
nations such as Nigeria, will count as an all-first significant step towards
a low-emissions trajectory.
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23 Fubara Susan Amiesa, Omowumi Iledare and Onyije Israel, ‘Assessing the Economic Implication of Energy Insecurity in Nigeria’ (IAEE 40th International Conference, Singapore, June
2017).
24 Victoria R. Nalule, Energy Poverty and Access Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of
Regionalism (Palgrave Macmillan 2019)
25 Jim Herbertson, ‘The Oil and Gas Industry, Low-Emission Pathways, and the Energy
Transition’ (2020) OIES Paper 121, at 9, Oxford University.
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are primarily at the heart of availability, affordability, sustainability
23 and
acceptability. The SDG 7 on affordable and clean energy emphasizes the
need to enhance energy access through equitable use of clean renewables.
Thus, energy access is a correlative function of energy security because
availability, affordability and sustainability create a condition for energy
access, which is a major priority to be addressed at all levels
24 just like
energy security itself. Therefore, Nigeria lacks the bedrock for achieving
SDG 7 on energy access, given its level of energy insecurity.
Nigeria’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) within
the framework of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement (PCCA)
is centred on greenhouse gas emission reduction, of which 20% reduction is unconditional and 45% conditional with international support.
The key measures for achieving which include efforts to end gas flaring
well into 2030, promote 13 GW off-grid solar photovoltaic equivalent
to 13,000 MW, and reinforce reforestation-based climate-smart agriculture. However, it is not clear how such contribution can be achieved in
the face of heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and undue disregard to logical
exploitation of modern energy resources. Thus, Nigeria’s INDC primary
objective of promoting access to electricity for all, economic and social
development, and standard of living is highly likely to be impacted by
a lack of adequate deployment of renewable energy to support national
energy mix. There is no doubt that actions taken to drive INDCs by
nations such as Nigeria, will count as an all-first significant step towards
a low-emissions trajectory.
25
23 Fubara Susan Amiesa, Omowumi Iledare and Onyije Israel, ‘Assessing the Economic Implication of Energy Insecurity in Nigeria’ (IAEE 40th International Conference, Singapore, June
2017).
24 Victoria R. Nalule, Energy Poverty and Access Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of
Regionalism (Palgrave Macmillan 2019)
25 Jim Herbertson, ‘The Oil and Gas Industry, Low-Emission Pathways, and the Energy
Transition’ (2020) OIES Paper 121, at 9, Oxford University.