Banjul, 14th April 2025: The Gambia has been identified as a beneficiary of support to develop the National Deep Decarbonisation Pathways (NDDPs). STANTEC consulting firm, which is developing the African Energy Transition Strategy, has been recruited to work with the sector technical experts to codesign the NDDPs.
To this end, the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines last week officially launched the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the development of the National Deep Decarbonisation Pathways. The TWG consists of various technical individuals from relevant stakeholder Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
The NDDPs are strategic plans that delineate how the country can transform its energy system to reduce greenhouse emissions significantly while supporting sustainable economic growth and development.
The grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) is meant to develop the African Energy Transition Framework in line with the African Union (AU) Common Position on Energy Access and Just Transition.
The Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Mrs Mansata M. Darboe, in her opening statement highlighted the two components of the project as the development of the African Energy Transition Strategy and Action Plan, which aims to provide guidance to African member states to develop their national energy transition and decarbonisation pathways, and to support five African member states to develop National Deep Decarbonization pathways for energy sectors in the pilot phase.
“The core objective of the NDDPs is to identify pathways to transform the energy sector to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while supporting sustainable economic growth and development,” she readffirmed.
This, she noted, will focus on electricity generation, transport, buildings, industry, oil and gas, agriculture and clean cooking. The key pillars for decarbonisation are energy efficiency, low-carbon energy supply and fuel switching.
The TWG, being a team of key stakeholders and national experts, has the responsibility of not only codesigning the NDDPs but also to help provide the requested data and guidance to the consultant on the country specific priorities.
By Anna Marie Valentine
