As preparations intensify for ICAO Aviation Climate Week 2026, debate is growing within Nigeria’s aviation industry over the cost and feasibility of transitioning to Sustainable Aviation Fuel. SAF is considered the cornerstone of aviation’s net-zero strategy, with global estimates suggesting it could contribute up to 65 per cent of required emissions reductions by 2050. However, industry operators in Nigeria argue
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On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026, the Switzerland Edition of the Renewed Hope Global Tour delivered a decisive signal to global markets. Nigeria’s reform story is no longer aspirational; it is operational. Held in Zurich, the event brought together global investors, diplomats, development partners, Nigerians in the diaspora, and policy leaders to engage with Nigeria’s renewed
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Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday formally opened Nigeria House at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, describing the country’s first-ever sovereign pavilion at the annual meeting as a statement of Nigeria’s renewed seriousness and readiness to engage the global economy as an active participant. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office
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Industry leaders at Nigeria Air Week 2026 in Lagos called for a clear national roadmap on Sustainable Aviation Fuel and accelerated fleet modernisation to keep Nigeria competitive in a decarbonising global market. The three-day event brought together regulators, airline CEOs, financiers, and aircraft lessors. Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Chris Najomo said regulatory reforms would align Nigeria
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Davos is exhausting before it is enlightening. The airports, the time zones, the choreography of badges, side events, and informal negotiations over access. By the time you arrive, you already feel behind. And yet people keep returning, because something important still happens here when you look beyond the main stage. This year feels different. For the first time since its
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Global aviation regulators and industry leaders will converge in Montréal, Canada, from May 26 to 28, 2026, for the International Civil Aviation Organization Aviation Climate Week, themed “One Global Path: Advancing Net-Zero Aviation.” The high-level summit, to be held at ICAO headquarters, will build on resolutions adopted at the organisation’s 42nd Assembly in late 2025, where member states reaffirmed their
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By Chaste Inegbedion Africa at Davos: From Visibility to Leverage Africa will take center stage at the World Economic Forum not as a talking point, but as a negotiating force. Recent conversations around the African Agenda underscore a clear shift: leaders from the continent are no longer focused on being included in global markets; they are focused on shaping them.
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The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) has closed in Nairobi with renewed global commitments to confront climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss and land degradation crises that continue to hit Africa, including Nigeria, hardest. Held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the week-long Assembly brought together more than 6,000 participants from 186 countries,
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
Nuclear power is a solution to climate change because it is the largest source of low-carbon energy that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions and can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
Dare Akogun is a media innovator, strategic communication professional, and climate and energy transition journalist with over 11 years of impactful contributions to the media industry.
