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Analyzing climate risk models on AWS to prevent future food insecurity in Nigeria

AWS Public Sector

Nigeria is the ninth largest exporter of oil in the world. It receives more than $40 billion a year from oil, which is almost 90 percent of their export revenue. Today, billions of dollars of this export revenue goes to buying grain and wheat to feed its growing population.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Fast forward to 2015, where during the United Nations Summit, all UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with a plan to achieve them in 15 years. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.

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2024 LCIA West-Africa Roadshow: The Role of Arbitration in the Energy Transition in Africa

Kluwer Arbitration

Furthermore, Lubano emphasised Kenya’s ambitious commitment to achieving a 100% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. This presents a significant export opportunity for African nations. This is evident in the growing number of solar projects, wind farms and biomass initiatives.

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UK: Update on the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism following the UK Government response to the consultation

Import and Trade Remedies

The consultation proposed the use of this approach for an initial period of at least 2027-2030. However, unlike in the EU CBAM, default values will be available to ensure that goods can continue to be imported where actual emissions data for precursor goods is not available or difficult to obtain.