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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday declared that Nigeria will strengthen its position as regional leader in the oil and gas industry, even as his administration will spare no effort in ensuring maximum benefit from the nation’s huge natural resources.
Speaking at the virtual inauguration of the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) headquarters, Lagos, President Buhari pledged that the Federal government will continue to leverage oil and gas for development and pursue economic diversification across all sectors.
”You would recall that at the beginning of this administration, we set a clear roadmap for the oil and gas sector in order to increase value from the nation’s huge resource potentials and create opportunities for investors, both local and foreign, when I declared that: ‘Nigeria is Open for Business!’,” he said.
UAE deserves praise for its environment-friendly efforts, especially because it is one of the lowest Greenhouse GAS (GHG) emitters in the oil and gas world, said Frederick Kempe, CEO of the Atlantic Council.
Creative Emirati approach to confronting challenges of climate change
ABU DHABI, 11th January, 2021 (WAM) The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), which is being held virtually from 18th to 21st January, 2021, embodies the UAE s proactive approach to addressing the challenges of sustainability and mitigating the effects of climate change.
The UAE is a leader amongst the global coalition of nations that are committed to tackling climate change. As announced at the end of 2020, the UAE has delivered its national pledges and commitments in the Paris Climate Change Agreement, with its pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 25 percent before 2030.
Hosted by Masdar, ADSW will explore through a series of high-level virtual events will help to set the global sustainability agenda for 2021 and explore the opportunities to achieve a green recovery post the COVID-19 pandemic.