Global Warming Issues, Challenges & Vulnerable Africa – Cleaner Energy Possibilities, Emission Reduction Analysis and Mitigation Strategies

Abstract

This paper is intended to tackle and treat the subject of global warming which includes its components, current issues, trends and challenges to enable us to add our own mitigation measures to support the global efforts on its reduction. The caustic effects would be analyzed using environmental data gotten from Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies and Environmental Evaluation Report (EER) from various field locations in the oil production fields in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Analysis of the various cleaner energy alternatives other than fossil fuels would be done, with individual challenges of these alternatives been highlighted, from which a projection for the zone under study would be done using graphs and data plotted in Excel. Mitigation strategies has been suggested and backed with adequate recommendations that are gotten from sample opinions from experts in environmental matters in the oil and gas industry.