By Olasunkanmi Akoni

LAGOS has commenced efforts to reduce Green House Gas, GHG, emission by 45 percent in the state by 2030.

The transport sector is said to be responsible for much of the emissions.

Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, who made the remarks, said by 2030, emission from commercial yellow buses, known as danfos, and commercial motorcycles, Okada, was expected to be at zero level if all the propositions in the state’s transport master plan were implemented.

According to Mobereola, by the Lagos Air Quality Monitoring Study conducted by the Authority between 2007 and 2009, it was discovered that vehicles contribute approximately 43 percent of ambient air pollution in Lagos.

Mobereola spoke through the Technical Adviser, Transport Planning, LAMATA, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, at the just concluded 5th Lagos State Summit on Climate Change.