Traxport Rail Services Ltd has engaged Climate Focus, an international climate policy and carbon markets advisory firm, to provide specialist support for the carbon programme associated with its proposed Lagos–Kano Low-Carbon Freight Corridor Transition Programme.
The project is being developed as a dedicated freight rail service connecting Lagos and Kano over approximately 1,500 kilometres of Nigeria's existing narrow-gauge railway corridor. Traxport is working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation and other technical, financial and industry partners on the proposed service.
Under the assignment, Climate Focus will support Traxport with the revision and strengthening of the project's Project Design Document in line with the applicable Verra framework. This will include applying the AM0090 methodology to define the project boundary, baseline and project scenarios, as well as the key assumptions and monitoring parameters.
The work will also include the development of an ex-ante greenhouse-gas emission-reduction calculation framework, preparation for the subsequent validation and verification process, and support in preparing materials for engagement with relevant project stakeholders.
According to Traxport, the assignment forms part of its work to establish a measurement, reporting and verification framework for the potential climate benefits associated with shifting freight from road to rail and deploying lower-carbon rail technologies.
Traxport intends to engage with the Government of Nigeria, including the relevant Designated National Authority, prospective financing institutions, industry partners and other stakeholders as the carbon programme and wider rail project develop.
The Climate Focus assignment relates specifically to the technical development of the carbon programme and associated stakeholder-engagement materials. Traxport will continue to lead its engagement with Nigerian government authorities, investors and other project stakeholders.
“Our objective is to build a rail freight platform that can deliver not only significant logistics and economic benefits, but also measurable and independently verifiable environmental outcomes,” said Emeka Ndu, Chairman of Traxport Rail Services.
- Traxport Rail Services Ltd has engaged Climate Focus to support the carbon programme for its proposed Lagos–Kano Low-Carbon Freight Corridor Transition Programme.
- The proposed freight rail service would connect Lagos and Kano over approximately 1,500 kilometres of Nigeria's existing narrow-gauge railway corridor.
- Traxport is working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation and other technical, financial and industry partners on the proposed service.
- Climate Focus will help revise the project's Project Design Document under Verra's AM0090 methodology, covering project boundary, baseline, monitoring parameters and an emissions-reduction calculation framework.
