Oando Clean Energy says it will be partnering with the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation to roll out 3,000 electric buses by 2030.

The Executive Vice President Oando Clean Energy, Mr Ademola Odunbanjo, disclosed this at the ninth edition of the Lagos Climate Change Summit in Lagos, South-west, Nigeria.

The two-day event was titled: “Integrating Climate Actions in Lagos State Development: Investment Opportunities and Trade-offs.”

Odunbanjo spoke on the topic: De-carbonising Industries/Mobility via Innovative Clean Energy.

He said that Oando would be experimenting on different energy mix to come out with an affordable green energy for consumers, mobility and industry.

According to him, buses that are powered with hydrogen will not be profitable.

“Not as the fares that we pay today. They’re not cost effective.

“And we also can’t pass it on to the consumer.

“So we will roll out about five hydrogen powered buses when the plants are ready.

It will run at a loss we know, but we’ll do it still anyway, because we must prove the concept and attract investment, particularly development funds.

Odubanjo said that statistics showed that before 2020, industries contributed 40 per cent to Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, while transportation contributed about 17 per cent.

The Federal Government is to partner with the World Bank to establish Agro-Climate Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL) programme to remediate drylands and wetlands across the country.

Minister of Environment, Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, said this at the 16th meeting of National Council on Environment, in Abuja.

Abdullahi said that the effort would improve the semi arid areas in the country.

He said that the theme of the meeting was “Pursuit of Zero Emission, A Trajectory Towards Global Environment Renaissance”.

Abdullahi said that the essence of the meeting was to have relevant stakeholders’ ideas and knowledge that would proffer solution to the environmental challenges.

He said that the ministry had commenced discussion on the establishment of National Institute of Environmental Studies, to provide ideas in addressing environmental challenges.

According to him, Nigeria has also assumed the leadership of the Pan African Great Green Wall (PAGGW), and that the essence is to address land degradation in the country.

He said that President Muhammadu Buhari was elected as the President of the Conference of Heads of State and Government for a two year term.

“Accordingly, Mr President is driving the funding initiative under the Great Green Wall (GGW) accelerator to fund each country’s priorities.

“Closely aligned to the objectives of the PAGGW is the need for a robust tree planting campaign.

“The president launched the campaign on the sidelines of the PAGGW Council of Ministers Meeting on June 16.

“States are encouraged to drive their tree planting campaign so that collectively we can meet the 25 million trees target by 2023.

“There is no better time to reset our relation with nature than now,” he said.

Abdullahi said that the world was being confronted with enormous environmental challenges.

He called for urgent collective step-up action by everyone, irrespective of social status, religion, political leaning for drastic restoration of natural ecosystem.

The minister gave assurance that the government would continue to provide every necessary support required to ensure a successful journey to net-zero emission.

“Government is committed to ensure that we all live in harmony with nature and brighter hope of sustainable development,” he said.

The Representative of Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Nigeria, Mr Abubakar Suleiman, said that the theme was a call for action to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emission.

The Director-General of Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr Muhtari Aminu-Kano, has handed over the office to Dr Joseph Onoja, Director, Technical programme, NCF, as a new D-G of the foundation.

In a statement, the Chairman, National Executive Council of the NCF, Mr Ede Dafinone in Abuja on Thursday, said Aminu-Kano would be leaving the foundation in mid August 2022.

Dafinone said that Aminu-Kano had served the foundation for four years, adding that he had achieved in addressing numerous programmes in environmental sector.

“Some of the achievement includes restructuring of the secretariat’s operations and fund raising strategy as well as the formulation of an ambitious Strategic Action Plan for NCF.

“Others are revamping NCF’s working relationship with local, regional and international partners and has developed a strong bond with the Federal Government and several stakeholders.

“Also, the implementation of several National-based projects for the benefit of Nature and People,” he said.

Dafinone said that the NCF boss had supported partners and secretariat staff to scope out and design projects as well as writing funding bids and reports.

According to him, Aminu-Kano has assisted immensely in the management of various projects and support in enhancing international negotiations and policies.

“Most importantly, Aminu-Kano created good working relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari, Ministers of Environment, Birdlife International organisation and other environmental stakeholders,” he said.

Dafinone said that Onoja had been with the foundation since 2015 as the Director of Technical Programmes and had acted as the D-G for a brief period in 2018.

“Onoja has worked closely with Aminu-Kano in the last 4 years; this will ensure a smooth transition,” he said.

The chairman said that the NCF was the foremost environmental NGO dedicated to nature conservation and sustainable development in Nigeria.

He said that it focused on educating and sensitising the public to environmental issues, as well as adressing other environmental challenges across the country.

The organisation is aimed at mitigating environmental pollution and poverty reduction, among others.

NCF is celebrating its 40 years of excellence and sustained impact with lined up activities.

As jet fuel prices are sky-high, and aviation is a notoriously fickle industry, a billionaire dubbed “India’s Warren Buffett” is launching an airline on Sunday.

Co-founding Akasa Air was a rare departure into entrepreneurship for Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who made his fortune on the stock exchange as a value share investor and is often compared to the Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO.

The 62-year-old’s entry into the capital-intensive sector has raised eyebrows, with many pointing to the chequered history of billionaire-backed airlines in India as well as the daunting global economic outlook.

“A lot of people question why I’ve started an airline. Rather than answer them, I say I’m prepared for failure,” the billionaire said at an industry event in February.

“It’s better to have tried and failed than not tried at all.”

Several such ventures have failed in recent years.

And for Jhunjhunwala the challenge is personal: “I hope to prove people wrong,” he said. “Now it’s become a matter of ego.”

Middelgrunden is an offshore wind farm, which is located Øresund Sound, some 4 km (2 mi) off the capital city of the Kingdom of Denmark, Copenhagen.

Becoming a national symbol of green and pure energy, it is one of the most famous farms worldwide as there are plenty of people who would like to get as much close as possible and get the best photographs. Initiated as a project by the Copenhagen Environment and Energy Office (CEEO) in 1996, the chosen location was somewhat opposed by the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, however, later this decision was changed.

As the wind often flows briskly and smoothly over water since there are no obstructions, this was the perfect location for the 20 wind turbines to be built, which now 10 are owned by DONG Energy, while the other 10 are owned by Middelgrunden Wind Turbine Cooperative.

The wind turbines have been built on a concrete gravity base foundations, as it was the cheapest option at that time, and all of them are put in one straight line in order to get the best of the wind, without one to obstruct the other one.

Each turbine has the capacity of 2 megawatts, all together creating 40 megawatts of clean energy, and as they rise 102 meters (335 feet) above the water, they can be seen even from Copenhagen.

Operating most of the time at full capacity, they deliver 4% of Copenhagen’s power, which brings the production of clean energy and wind power to the highest possible level within the small kingdom in the north of Europe.