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The Gambia: Stimulating sustained and all-encompassing growth 2023-2027
By Ben Eguzozie Though recovering from tourism, its economic mainstay, The Gambia needs urgent policy paradigm shift from low value-added tourism to a...
West Africa Energy Transition | What does the Future Hold?
Available data shows West Africa, like the other regions of the African continent,looks unlikely to switch over to green energy by 2030. How...
COP 28 and the Quest for Climate Justice
By Nnimmo Bassey The foundation for voluntary emissions cut by nations was laid in the Copenhagen Accord (2009) and consolidated in the Paris...
CLIMATE ACTION DEFORESTATION IS A GIANT STEP BACKWARDS
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Nigeria holds the ugly record of having the world’s highest deforestation...
Côte d’Ivoire blazes off with West Africa’s first Net-zero fossil fuel project from the Baleine oilfield
By Ben Eguzozie At the end of August, Africa Oil Week (AOW), which is the voice of E&P, the global platform for stimulating...
BENIN REPUBLIC’S CLIMATE CRUSADE Pioneering Adaptation Document Unveils a Sustainable Future
The recent signing of a policy document between the government of Benin Republic and several municipal mayors to address climate change in the...
Tackling Climate Adaptation with Legislation
By Ben Eguzozie With its Climate Change Act of 2021, the first stand-alone comprehensive climate change legislation in West Africa, Nigeria, approaches climate...
