Gas Flaring and Low Carbon Development: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria, UK and Alberta
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2019-04-25
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I bet if the environment could talk, it would have many things to say. If the environment could challenge certain actions by humankind on its person, everyone would have an earful. Sadly, the environment has no voice; it relies on environmental activists to tell its story and save it, or at least what remains of it. In this research, I tell a tale of gas flaring stemming from upstream oil and gas production in Nigeria. This comparative study analyses gas flaring in Nigerian upstream oil and gas industry as a hindrance to low carbon development, and the reasons why the 43 years efforts to phase out gas flaring are unsuccessful. It argues that if there is no address of the five obstacles to phasing out gas flaring that it discusses, Nigeria would never meet its year 2030 commitment of phasing out gas flaring which it declares in its NDC in the Paris Agreement. It uses two jurisdictions, the UK and Alberta, as comparators in determining how two other oil-producing jurisdictions address the gas flaring problems Nigeria faces in its oil and gas industry. It uses the theory of environmental ethics as a basis for the need for environmental protection and accountability in the oil and gas industry.
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Gas Flaring, Low Carbon Development, Common But Differentiated Responsibilities, Intergenerational Equity, Environmental Ethics, Climate Change, Paris Agreement, UNFCCC Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon Emissions
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Mene, B. E. (2019). Gas flaring and low carbon development: A comparative analysis of Nigeria, UK and Alberta (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.