Nigeria over the weekend made another move towards the actualisation of its green industrial vision as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action (SPEC), Ajuri Ngelale, held talks with the United States (U.S.) Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, Sue Biniaz.
The meeting in Bonn, Germany, centred on exploring tangible next steps to leverage large-scale climate financing instruments and drive Nigeria’s green industrial agenda in the years ahead. Ngelale and Biniaz shared views on the need for innovative and transparent application of available resources to attract new and de-risked investment capital from around the world.
They agreed on the importance of putting in place new mechanisms to achieve this objective. MD for Negotiations/Director for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Change, Mr. Trigg Talley, was in the U.S. delegation. Expressing confidence in the team’s ability to deliver, Ngelale said: “I certainly cherished the quality and productive time spent today with the U.S. Head of Delegation to the UN Climate Conference and Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, Ms. Sue Biniaz, in Bonn, Germany, on Sunday afternoon.
We shared views concerning tangible next steps to be taken toward leveraging large-scale climate financing instruments to drive Nigeria’s green industrial agenda in the years ahead. We have much work to do in the form of putting in place new mechanisms to achieve a truly transparent and innovative application of available resources to meet our objective of attracting new and de-risked investment capital from around the world. I am confident that we have the team to deliver this for the country – one step at a time.
The ties of mutually fruitful cooperation between the U.S. and the Federal Republic of Nigeria will extend deeply into Nigeria’s realizable ambition to become a green industrial powerhouse over the next 10 years. The U.S. Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate was joined in the meeting by Mr. Trigg Talley, who serves as the MD for Negotiations and Director for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Change.”
