{"id":5751,"date":"2023-12-07T11:05:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-delta-nddc-seeks-green-technology-investors\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:05:41","slug":"niger-delta-nddc-seeks-green-technology-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-delta-nddc-seeks-green-technology-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Delta: NDDC seeks green technology investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has called for investors and development partners in green technology to help minimise the effects of climate change while also encouraging regional development.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director of NDDC, announced this in Dubai during the ongoing Climate Change Conference (COP28).<\/p>\n<p>According to NDDC\u2019s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Pius Ughakpoteni, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, Ogbuku expressed the commission\u2019s willingness to adopt clean energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that this would be accomplished through practical techniques such as nature-based solutions and green inventions.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that the commission was capitalising on key areas of the energy transition strategy to generate new green skills and create new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbuku added that success will necessitate considerable investments, collaborations, and coordination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur gathering at COP28 is a reminder of the urgent need for several and collective actions to address the issues of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSustainable development for the Niger Delta region is underscored by the high vulnerability of the region to the impacts of climate change and environmental pollution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe high exposure of the region to sea level rise, storm surges, coastal erosion, and river flooding, compounded by increasing human-induced pressures on coastal areas, made the region one of the most impacted by climate change in Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Niger Delta: NDDC seeks green technology investors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has called for investors and development partners in green technology to help minimise the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3032,15,5713],"tags":[130,3035,180,1283],"class_list":["post-5751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nddc","category-news","category-niger-delta","tag-delta","tag-nddc","tag-news","tag-niger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}