Low-Carbon Development : Opportunities for Nigeria

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
has formulated an ambitious strategy, known as Vision 20:
2020, which aims to make Nigeria the world s 20th largest
economy by 2020. This book argues that there are many ways
that Nigeria can achieve the Vision 20: 2020 development
objectives for 2020 and beyond, but with up to 32 percent
lower carbon emissions. A lower carbon path offers not only
the global benefits of reducing contributions to climate
change, but also net economic benefits to Nigeria, estimated
at about 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The FGN
and the World Bank agreed, as part of the Country
Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2010-13, to conduct an analysis
of the implications of climate change for Nigeria's
development agenda. The current volume focuses on low-carbon
development. Building on the work under way on
Nigeria's nationally appropriate mitigation actions,
the authors evaluate opportunities to pursue national
development priorities using technologies and interventions
that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), referred
to here as low-carbon options. The document is structured as
follows: chapter one is introduction; chapter two provides
essential background on the country and the economic
sectors. Chapter three describes the analytical approach,
providing a summary of how the scenarios were developed,
methods of analysis, models, and the data and general
assumptions used. Chapters four-seven present the analysis
and results for each sector: agriculture and land use, oil
and gas, power, and transport, respectively. Each chapter
provides an introduction to the sector and the approach,
findings, and recommendations for options and actions for
low-carbon development. Chapter eight summarizes the key
findings across sectors. It describes the main scenarios
that were modeled across all sectors and their implications
for GHG emissions and the economy. It provides general
recommendations on how Nigeria can reconcile national growth
objectives with low-carbon development using a cross-sector perspective.