Become a BusinessGreen member

COP26: Nigeria and South Africa beef up decarbonisation plans

02 November 2021 • 3 min read

COP26: Nigeria and South Africa beef up decarbonisation plans

Nigeria becomes latest major emerging economy to set net zero goal, as South Africa teams up with industrialised nations for multi-billion dollar green investment push

Nigeria has today become the latest major emerging economy to commit to achieving net zero emissions, after President Muhammadu Buhari told the COP26 Climate Summit the country would work to deliver net...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Study: Only a quarter of global large caps on track to meet Paris Agreement's climate goals

'Glasgow Breakthroughs': 40 nations back plan to make clean technologies 'new normal' by 2030

Author spotlight

James Murray

View profile

More from James Murray

UK must grow more of its own wood to meet climate goals - new research

Tony Blair, climate paradoxes, and a day of net zero confusion

More on Climate change

Climate change

'This is a wake-up call': The green economy reacts to the CCC's climate adaptation report

Green business figures, politicians, environmental groups and experts react to the Climate Change Committee's damning assessment of the government's ongoing failure to boost the UK's preparedness for worsening climate change

BusinessGreen staff

30 April 2025 • 15 min read

Climate change

The 89 Percent Project launches mission to give voice to 'silent climate majority'

Dozens of global newsrooms launch campaign to highlight how nine-in-10 people want stronger action to tackle climate change - but mistakenly believe they are in a minority

Stuart Stone

22 April 2025 • 5 min read

Climate change

'An unflinching global champion of climate action': Environmental leaders hail Pope Francis' green legacy

Climate diplomats recall how late Pope helped build support for bolder climate action and is even rumoured to have played a critical role in delivering the Paris Agreement

James Murray

22 April 2025 • 5 min read

Select a Topic below

Content by subject

Authors

Blogs

Connect with us

COP26: Nigeria and South Africa beef up decarbonisation plans

Share

Nigeria becomes latest major emerging economy to set net zero goal, as South Africa teams up with industrialised nations for multi-billion dollar green investment push

Join BusinessGreen

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Previous Article

Next Article

Author spotlight

James Murray

More from James Murray

More on Climate change

'This is a wake-up call': The green economy reacts to the CCC's climate adaptation report

The 89 Percent Project launches mission to give voice to 'silent climate majority'

'An unflinching global champion of climate action': Environmental leaders hail Pope Francis' green legacy