The German government has reiterated its commitment to strengthening its energy partnership with Nigeria. The Director for Energy Diplomacy, Climate, and Security at the German Federal Foreign Office, Marcus Hicken, gave the indication while hosting media fellows of the BETD24, on Monday in Berlin ahead of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue to be held between March 19 and 20, 2024.
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The Centre for Climate Change and Development (CCCD) at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, in collaboration with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) London, is holding an online event to present the key messages emanating from recent national research on Nigeria’s subsidy reform and its energy transition agenda. The CCCD and ODI conducted research that aimed to understand the realities unfolding because
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The UN has highlighted the need to defend women’s rights which were under threat, citing a reversal in hard-won progress, increasing violence against women, and a growing digital gender divide. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said this at the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), under the theme, “Accelerating the achievement of gender
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Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, has highlighted climate change and population growth as significant challenges to food production and accessibility. Speaking during the inauguration of the multi-sectoral State Working Committee on food security in Ilorin, the state capital, the Governor emphasized the need for concerted efforts from all levels of government to support smallholder farmers, empower
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Azerbaijan has defended its position as yet another oil and gas producing nation to host the world’s most important climate summit, with the incoming COP29 president saying the Caucasus country was vulnerable to climate change. In his first international interview since being appointed, Mukhtar Babayev told the Financial Times that Azerbaijan was suffering from the effects of global warming with
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The upcoming Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2024, BETD.24, summit to be held during the Berlin Energy Week in the German capital presents a pivotal moment for Nigeria to underline its status as a critical stakeholder, as world leaders gather to discuss the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Against the backdrop of escalating climate concerns, looking at this year’s
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Natives and residents of Gelegele community in Ovia North East Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo has called for the revocation of the operational licence of the oil company in the area for causing environmental pollution. At a one-day capacity building workshop on Friday, organised by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) for the community, the indigenes, who are
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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.
