Table 3: Key data Information Value Source Historical emissions 2,564.02 million tonnes (MT) CAIT database, World Resources Institute 1990 emissions 163.91 MT Nigeriaâs Second National Communication 2000 emissions 214.21 MT Nigeriaâs Second National Communication 2010 emissions 263.0 MT Energy Commission of NigeriaInformation Value Source Estimated emissions per capita Current: around 2 tonnes ECN (estimated 2015 emissions), World Bank (population estimate), LEAP scenario Emissions per US$ (real) GDP ECN, Re-based GDP LEAP 2030 ambition scenario Emissions as % of global total estimate) and US EPA global estimate GDP per capita (US$) 2,950 (2014) Re-based GDP LEAP 2030 BAU scenario Nigeria believes a Paris agreement should ensure that the collective mitigation ambition is adequate to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century. The Nigerian INDC does its fair share towards achieving this long-term goal.