Odimmegwa Johnpeter/Abuja
The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal disclosed that the Conference of Parties on Climate Change, popularly known as (COP) organised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be hosted in Belem, Brazil, the 30th edition from November 10th- 21, 2025 would further strengthen bilateral cooperations between Nigeria and Brazil especially on the Climate Change under under the Paris Agreement. This was contained in a statement signed by Ibrahim Haruna, Director, Information and Public Relations.
The Minister stated this during the official working visit of Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E., Carlos Garcete, and his entourage recently to the Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja.
Balarabe noted that Nigeria and Brazil had enjoyed bilateral cooperations in the area of trade, culture and tourism, economic growth, and development since Nigeria’s Independence.
He assured the Ambassador that Nigeria and Brazil’s relationship would further grow as more areas of collaborations would be harnessed during the COP30 areas of climate change adaptation, mitigation, ecosystems, biodiversity and environmental sustainability.
Balarabe also believes that Brazil is known for its rich forest cover, rivers, and unique flora and fauna.
He commended the government of Brazil for the resumption of direct flight to Nigeria as this will further boost economic growth and development between the two Countries.
He congratulated the Brazilian government for securing the hosting rights of COP30, G20 Summit, among others.
He reiterated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, focuses on sustainable economic growth, resilience, and a healthy ecosystem and assured the Ambassador that more areas of mutual benefits would be attained on environmental issues during the COP30.
Earlier, the Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E, Carlos Garcete stated that Brazil and Nigeria’s bilateral relationship started over 60 years à go as Brazil was the only South American Country present in Nigeria during its Independence in 1960.
Amb. Carlos stressed that Nigeria and Brazil had cultural ties and volumes of trade and bilateral discussions between the two countries.
He assured the Minister about the embassy’s support for seamless issuance of visa to Nigerians to participate in COP30.
He further emphasized that the most important destination between Nigeria and Brazil is the volume of trade in the non- oil sectors of the economy.
Also, he congratulated both countries on the resumption of direct flight between them.
Garcete assured the Minister that his embassy in Nigeria would work assiduously to assist the Nigerian government to see to the successful participation in COP30.
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