• Osinbajo canvasses equitable global energy transition for developing countries • Stakeholders raise fresh concerns over continuous dependence on hydrocarbon • Removal of subsidy, refinery rehabilitation, gas economy sacrosanct, minister insists Mounting global advocacy aimed at halting all-new Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) for fossil fuels, especially oil and gas may create serious hurdles for new fields development as over $150 billion worth of projects risk getting stranded in Nigeria. x Investments in new fossil fuel projects will need to stop immediately if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said in what commentators have described as a stunning challenge by the historically pro-fossil fuel body.