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In 2021, over 83 % of Nigerians lacked access to clean cooking technologies and fuels [1]. This rate is just above the regional average for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which is

In a paper produced for the International Conference on Renewable Energies in 2004, Stephen Karakezi, Kusum Lata and Suani Teixeira Coelho provided an explanation for the growing momentum on biomass

The Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP) articulates Nigeria’s vision and sets out a road map for increasing the role of renewable energy in achieving sustainable development. The REMP is anchored

The Policy Guidelines on Renewable Electricity (herein referred to as the Policy Guidelines) is the Federal Government of Nigeria’s overarching policy on all electricity derived from renewable energy sources. The

The Federal Government of Nigeria’s vision of renewable energy in the power sector is the achievement of accelerated sustainable development through affordable access to reliable renewable electric power. Access to

Development Goal 7 and the UN Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) initiative to provide universal access to electricity by 2030. According to the IEA, the number of people without access

Government action on climate change promises economic opportunity. The language of climate change policy has hitherto been largely negative, with wide use of such words as ‘limitation’, ‘constraint’ and ‘reduction’.

Nigeria experiences a tremendous paradox – the abundance of energy resources and widespread poverty. The country is home to 102 million extreme poor – one-in-four of Sub Sahara Africa’s total.

As a signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, Nigeria has made international commitments to promoting low-carbon development, including meeting its reporting

The cooking-energy market in Nigeria is dominated by the wood, charcoal and tradi tional-stoves value chains. However, a growing number of private-sector actors operate in Nigeria’s clean-cooking space. LPG, improved

Globally, access to clean cooking remains bleak as over 3 billion people still rely on pollut ing fuels and technologies for cooking, heating and lighting. Since the adoption of clean

Lack of access to clean cooking poses economic, health and environmental challenges for households, businesses and the country. For more than three decades, the international community has grappled with the

Access to electricity services stimulate economic activities; helps create employment and assists the development of modern social services such as education, healthcare delivery and recreation. Electricity is therefore a pivotal

Nearly all public boarding secondary schools in Nigeria use wood for cooking. About 30 million households depend solely on wood as a source of fuel for their daily cooking. According

The Nigerian economy depends on fossil fuel extraction and export, yet 60 per cent of its people live without access to electricity or modern cooking fuels. Can a shift to

This chapter sets out the problems involved in reforming Nigeria’s energy sector. Although Nigeria is one of the largest oil producing countries in the world, it has rampant energy poverty.

If governments are bold and ambitious in developing markets for low-carbon technologies, then they will maximise the economic benefits and stand a greater chance of creating more jobs. That is

The purpose of this paper is to survey the current international climate negotiations and to outline the areas that may be of material interest to national environmental regulators ahead of

Climate change has increased the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events in Borno State. These events have led to loss of lives, diminished livelihoods, reduced crop and livestock production,