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Climate Change

Latest UN Pact commits to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ after growing calls

Governments have reportedly listened to growing calls for the UN Summit of the Future to address the threat of coal, oil and gas by...
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Climate Change

Climate Clock: Activists demand an end to fossil fuel

As the Climate Clock ticks down below five years, signalling that there is little time left to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius,...
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Oil & Gas

African Energy Chamber confronts Friends of the Earth on group’s anti-fossil fuel position

Following a series of attacks during the Invest in African Energy forum in Paris in May 2024, environmental group, Friends of the Earth, has...
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Report links 57 fossil fuel producers to 80% of global CO2 emissions

A new report by InfluenceMap using the Carbon Majors database quantifies the contribution of the world’s largest oil, gas, coal, and cement producers to...
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Climate Change

Group rallies against insuring of fossil fuel projects

Fridays For Future Nigeria (FFFN), a group of young climate justice activists, says it will hold protests across the country to pressurise insurance companies...
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Group frowns at Africa’s stance on fossil fuels at COP28

At COP28 on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, the Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) issued a statement, indicating that it would not agree to outcomes...
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Climate Change

COP28: Beginning of the end for fossil fuels?

COP28 in Dubai may eventually be the summit that marks a date with destiny. A date that marks the end of fossil fuels. It is...
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Climate Change

Civil groups demand end to fossil expansion at COP28

Marginalised communities in Africa bear a disproportionate burden of environmental pollution, hazardous waste, and other negative impacts of extractive and other destructive activities. To address...
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Unsung heroes: One woman’s goal to clean up Nigeria’s beaches, empower women and youth

Doyinsola Ogunye founded multiple organisations in Lagos - including the Mental and Environmental Development Initiative for Children (MEDIC) and...
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Nigeria targets 2050 for self-sufficiency in palm oil

The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) says the country will be self-sufficient and meet its global market...
Renewable Energy

Use marble to produce electricity, engineer advises Oyo

An electrical engineer, Mr. Toyese Oyerinde, has advised the Oyo State Government to exploit the huge deposits of marble...

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Unsung heroes: One woman’s goal to clean up Nigeria’s beaches, empower women and youth

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Nigeria targets 2050 for self-sufficiency in palm oil

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