COP28 president urges countries to set plans for fossil fuel transition
February 20, 2024 The United Arab Emirates, host of last year’s COP28 climate summit, called on Tuesday for governments to take action in transitioning away from fossil fuels. Intense negotiations…
COP28: LAGOS SETS 2035 TARGET FOR METHANE POLLUTION ABATEMENT
December 3, 2023 Global effort to lower emission levels of organic pollutants would not yield desired outcome if industrialised economies continue to pay lip service to interventions that can double…
COP28: 117 countries agree to triple renewable energy to push out fossil fuels
December 2, 2023 Some 117 governments pledged to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by 2030 at the U.N.’s COP28 climate summit on Saturday, as a route to cut the…
After U.N. meeting, countries brace for COP28 fossil fuel fight
September 25, 2023 With two months left until the U.N.’s COP28 summit, countries are far from bridging the gap between those demanding a deal to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels…
The Risks That Come With Drilling Oil In Nigeria’s North
Dec.6, 2022 Beyond the fanfare, there are environmental, wildlife, and security concerns related to oil and gas exploitation in the Kolmani river field. Nigerian authorities have announced the discovery of…
U.S. climate envoy Kerry cautions against long-term gas projects in Africa
September 16, 2022 U.S. climate envoy John Kerry cautioned against investing in long-term gas projects in Africa as countries in the region, some hoping to tap recent oil and gas…
Nigeria, U.S sign MoU on AIM for climate
September 14, 2022 The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the U.S. on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climate. The…
Britain suggests climate funding plan as UN negotiators go into overtime
Nov. 13, 2021 Negotiators took the two-week U.N. climate talks in Scotland into an extra day on Saturday, wrestling with a fresh draft of an agreement intended to give the…
World leaders, others react to climate science report as UN says human influence “unequivocally” to blame for warming the planet
Aug 9, 2021 Eight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker warnings about how human-induced climate…