Oil mortality in post-fossil fuel era Nigeria : beyond the oil age /
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Author / Creator: | Okoh, Augustine Sadiq, author. |
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Imprint: | Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021] |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12609141 |
ISBN: | 3030607852 9783030607852 3030607844 9783030607845 |
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2021). |
Summary: | This book provides an insight into the complexities of weaning Nigeria from its fossil fuels addiction while growing the economy on low carbon trajectory. Nigeria faces a carbon catch 22 with the proliferation of renewable energy alternatives and scale-up of electric vehicles. The dilemma Nigeria is confronted with is to grow its fossil-led economy or face the challenge of its fossil infrastructure becoming stranded assets. It is a roadmap for plotting an environmentally benign path out of the countrys economic, social and environmental crises. This book is, therefore, a valuable resource for students, Civil Society Organizations, policymakers, academics and climate change adaptation practitioners who are interested in finding an environmentally sensitive path out of Nigerias economic cul-de-sac fostered by the decarbonization of the global energy economy. Findings of this study will trigger a national conversation on the looming exit from fossil fuels. In doing so, accelerate the integration of renewable energy into the Nigerian national development plan while building a carbon neutral society. Lessons learnt from the handling of Nigerias precarious circumstance will be of immense benefit to other oil prospecting, oil producing and non-producing nations who are interested in finding an equitable way of pursuing two inversely related goals of meeting their decarbonization commitments while simultaneously growing their economies in the post-Paris era. |
Other form: | Print version: 3030607844 9783030607845 |
Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-030-60785-2 |
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