The Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Svein Baera, has called for increased investment in solar energy and stronger international cooperation to tackle climate change, pollution and environmental degradation, urging businesses and governments to move away from fossil fuel-powered generators.
Speaking on Friday in Abuja at a World Environment Day event themed, “Because There’s No Planet B,” held in partnership with renowned Nigerian artist, Nike Davies-Okundaye, popularly known as Mama Nike, Baera said environmental challenges such as ocean pollution and greenhouse gas emissions require collective action from governments, businesses and citizens worldwide.
He stressed that pollution and climate change remain major threats to the planet and require urgent global action.
The envoy said, “It’s World Environment Day today, and it’s important that we then use all kinds of ways to communicate the message that the world’s environment is not as it should be.
“There is a lot of plastic in the ocean. There are a lot of emissions causing climate change. So all good forces in all countries must work together to find better solutions of reducing pollution and reducing emissions to save the climate and the environment.”
