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Assessing Low-Carbon Development in Nigeria - An Analysis of Four Sectors (Paperback, New)
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Assessing Low-Carbon Development in Nigeria - An Analysis of Four Sectors (Paperback, New)
Series: World Bank Studies
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has adopted Vision 20: 2020 an
ambitious strategy to make Nigeria the world s 20th largest economy
by 2020. In the absence of policies to accompany economic growth in
key carbon-emitting sectors with a reduced carbon footprint,
emission of greenhouse gases could more than double in the next two
decades. To evaluate how to achieve the objectives of Vision 20:
2020 with reduced carbon emissions, the Federal Government of
Nigeria and the World Bank undertook a multiyear program of
analytical work. The summary results of this program are contained
in a separate book (published in the World Bank s Directions in
Development series) entitled Low-Carbon Development: Opportunities
for Nigeria, which concludes that Nigeria can achieve its
development objectives, while stabilizing emissions at 2010 levels
and providing domestic benefi ts on the order of 2 percent of GDP.
This volume is a collection of the background technical reports on
the four sectors of inquiry: agriculture and land use, oil and gas,
power, and transport. It contains details on the data, methodology,
and assumptions used throughout the analysis. For agriculture and
land use, the study team developed an agriculture production growth
model, which permits the evaluation of sector emissions in both a
reference and a low-carbon scenario. The study fi nds that
low-carbon practices have signifi cant potential to make the sector
more productive and more climate-resilient. For the oil and gas
sector, the analysis assesses the potential of accelerated
phase-put of gas fl aring, reduction of leakages, and increased
energy effi ciency in the operation of facilities, to both reduce
the sector s emission and contribute to the industry s net revenues
and growth. The analysis of the power sector shows how the country
can expand power generation and broaden access to electricity while
reducing associated emissions, through renewable energy, energy
effi ciency, and lower-carbon technologies in thermal power
generation. Finally, this analysis assesses the expected growth in
CO2 emissions from on-road transport under a normal business
development scenario up to the year 2035, and it identifi es
actions at national and local levels that would reduce this growth,
resulting in fuel economies, better air quality, and reduced
congestion. Assessing Low-Carbon Development in Nigeria: An
Analysis of Four Sectors outlines several actions that the Nigerian
government could undertake to facilitate the transition to a
low-carbon economy."
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