Energy and Climate

Global reliance on oil and gas for energy puts pressure on oil-bearing countries to expand production and exports. Nigeria and other countries in the Gulf of Guinea are experiencing rapid expansion in exploration and production of oil and gas, including the construction of trans-border pipelines. This poses some challenges, as oil and gas production, transportation and trading have often resulted in negative social and environmental impacts.

In Nigeria, the character of oil and gas exploration and production have encouraged a social organisation that entrenches the destruction of the natural environment and community livelihoods, communal conflicts, over reliance on oil revenues, massive corruption and damage to the national economy, social inequality and a regime of state repression.  Read More...