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 by AFP Staff Writers The Hague (AFP) Oct 19, 2022
The Netherlands will withdraw from a recently renegotiated 52-nation deal on fossil fuels because of climate change concerns, the environment and energy ministry said on Wednesday. In June, the European Union struck a compromise deal to update the decades-old Energy Charter Treaty, which governs cross-border energy trading and investment. The treaty, involving 52 nations mainly from Central Asia and Europe, was initially signed in 1994 to protect energy investments in volatile ex-Soviet countries. The EU had pushed to rejig the deal to halt legal actions from investors and companies that could jeopardise ambitious climate goals. The compromise deal, struck in June after two years of talks, allows for new fossil fuel investments to be excluded from protections and institutes a 10-year phase out period for protections on existing investments. Climate groups had slammed the loopholes left in the update and said that they could put efforts to curb global heating at risk. Late Tuesday, the environment and energy minister of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten, told parliament that the country would withdraw from the agreement. "The minister indicated that the negotiated result cannot be reconciled with the Paris accord" on climate change, a ministry spokesperson told AFP on Wednesday. "For this reason, the Netherlands, preferably with the entire EU, will withdraw" from the treaty, the spokesperson said, adding that the official withdrawal date has not yet been set. The compromise deal struck in June is an agreement in principle and had been due to come into force in November if none of the signatories objected. On the EU side, it has to be approved by the European Parliament and member states.
Nigerian gas company declares force majeure over flooding Abuja (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), a major liquified natural-gas company that exports internationally, on Monday declared force majeure due to flooding in the country, a spokesperson told AFP. It was unclear if or how many export cargoes would be affected. The development comes as European countries, many of which relied heavily on Russia's gas before the war in Ukraine, are scrambling to find alternative energy sources, including from Nigeria. NLNG is a joint venture between the Nigerian National ... read more
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