Climate and Energy Vulnerability in Coastal Regions

Cruz, Johnathan; Sequera, Pedro; Molina, Yanelly; Picón, Ricardo; Pillich, Jose; Ghebreegziabhe, A.T.; Bornstein, Brian H.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384703-4.00302-6

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“…Nigeria is enriched with the abundance of fossil fuel-based energy utilisation and production, which is a significant contributor to global warming [31]. This is consistent with Cruz, Sequera, Molina, Picon, Pillich, Ghebreegziabhe and Bornstein [32] assertion that there is a link between fossil fuel energy utilisation or production and climate change. Shaaban and Petinrin [33] argued that because of continuous gas flaring due to oil and gas companies' activities and operations in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria had been rated the second highest producer of greenhouse gas emissions in Africa.…”

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Exploring the potentials, barriers and option for support in the Nigeria renewable energy industry

Adeyanju

Osobajo

Otitoju³

et al. 2020

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Climate change remains a pivotal area and a persistent challenging issue for deliberation among the nations of the world. Most especially in a country like Nigeria, where fossil fuel remains a pivotal source of socio-economic development and well-being of the society. Transforming the Nigeria electricity sector into a source for reducing the country’s carbon emission remains a significant challenge to policymakers, i.e. the Government. This is attributed to the fact that the nation’s primary energy sources come from traditional biomass and fossil fuel such as coal, and natural oil and gas, which has contributed significantly to the level of carbon emissions. In this paper, we explored and identified the potentials, barriers and option for renewable energy in Nigeria. The findings of the review revealed that the Nigerian electricity sector is crucial to reducing the carbon emission generated in the country. Likewise, it is of no doubt that Nigeria is endowed with a different mix of renewable energy sources. Hence, exploring and developing these renewable energy sources will aid the effort of the government in reducing the country’s input to the global carbon emission, instrumental to the socio-economic development of the country and improved well-being of the society at large. Also, policy recommendations to foster renewable energy development were identified.

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Section: Nigeria Amidst Global Climate Changesupporting

confidence: 75%

Exploring the potentials, barriers and option for support in the Nigeria renewable energy industry

Adeyanju

Osobajo

Otitoju³

et al. 2020

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“…The heat index is the combination of the air temperature and relative humidity (RH) and is an attempt to estimate what humans feel as an apparent temperature. Variations in the heat index are linked to both human health and energy demands to maintain indoor room comfort (González-Cruz et al 2013) and hence it is important to characterize the behavior of the heat index. This index is based on the human energy balance and was determined as the result of various extensive biometeorological studies (Fanger 1970;Steadman 1979;Rothfusz 1990).…”

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Analysis of the Heat Index in the Mesoamerica and Caribbean Region

Ramirez-Beltran

González

Castro

et al. 2017

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

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Hourly data collected from ground stations were used to study the maximum daytime heat index Hi in the Mesoamerica and Caribbean Sea (MAC) region for a 35-yr period (1980–2014). Observations of Hi revealed larger values during the rainy season and smaller values during the dry season. The Hi climatology exhibits the largest values in Mesoamerica, followed by the Greater Antilles and then by the Lesser Antilles. The trend in Hi indicates a notable increasing pattern of 0.05°C yr−1 (0.10°F yr−1), and the trends are more prominent in Mesoamerica than in Caribbean countries. This work also includes the analysis of heat index extreme events (HIEE). Usually the extreme values of the heat index are used for advising heat warning events, and it was found that 45 HIEEs occurred during the studied period. The average duration of HIEE was 2.4 days, and the average relative intensity (excess over the threshold) was 2.4°C (4.3°F). It was found that 82% of HIEE lasted 2 or 2.5 days and 80% exhibited relative intensity of 3°C (5.4°F) or less. It was also found that the frequency of extreme events has intensified since 1991, with the highest incidences occurring in 1995, 1998, 2005 and 2010, and these years coincide with the cool phase of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Therefore, the occurrences of HIEE in the MAC region appear to be at least partially influenced by ENSO episodes.

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“…The proportion of Eastern US electricity demand that comes from buildings is shown by state for 2007 in figure 1. This electricity demand is dependent on local climate (Gonzalez Cruz et al 2013), and the electricity generation units (EGUs) that respond to this demand are major contributors of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ¼ NO + NO 2 ). Both SO 2 and NO 2 are regulated in the US under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for their direct impacts on public health, and both contribute to the chemical formation of other pollutants in the atmosphere, with NO x contributing to O 3 and both SO 2 and NO x contributing to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ).…”

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confidence: 99%