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Carbon removals, rapid decarbonisation needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C

The latest Energy Transitions Commission report describes how CO2 removals (CDR) alongside deep global decarbonisation can give the world a 50/50 chance of limiting...

OPEC tasks oil, gas industries on reducing emission

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says the oil and gas industry must leverage world’s most cutting-edge technologies and advanced innovations to promote a lower...

Reducing methane emissions through waste-to-wealth initiatives

Some 10% of Nigeria’s emissions cuts are expected to come from the reduction of methane in the waste sector. According to its first Nationally Determined...

Air pollution: Don seeks strengthened emission control laws, testing

A Professor of Environmental Management and Control, Prof. Christian Madu, has urged the federal and state governments to strengthen all existing emission control laws...

World leaders to meet on curbing emissions, solving energy poverty

Faced with the rapidly accelerating impacts of climate change and urgent need to reduce carbon emissions from the energy sector – while ensuring that...

G20 loath to commit in climate meeting tussle over carbon wording

Energy and environment ministers from the Group of 20 rich nations have yet to agree on commitments to cut carbon emissions, two sources said,...

UK bans combustion engine trucks by 2040 under Transport Decarbonisation Plan

The UK government has provided its most comprehensive plan yet for fully decarbonising transport by 2050 and plans to end sale of all combustion...

UNILAG test-runs zero emission vehicle

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is test-running its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) it initiated  in 2018. The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni,...

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UNCCD COP17: Desertification summit to focus on healthy land for resilience, stability, prosperity

Five months ahead of the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17), Mongolia and the United Nations Convention...
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Powering Nigeria’s future: A review of ministers since 1999 and today’s reform agenda

Since the return to democratic governance in Nigeria in 1999, the Ministry of Power has remained one of the...

NAF commends LAWMA over swift waste evacuation

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base, Ikeja, has commended the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) for its swift evacuation...

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UNCCD COP17: Desertification summit to focus on healthy land for resilience, stability, prosperity

Five months ahead of the seventeenth session of the Conference...

Powering Nigeria’s future: A review of ministers since 1999 and today’s reform agenda

Since the return to democratic governance in Nigeria in...