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By Samuel Nwite

Nigeria’s pledge to join hands with the rest of the world to combat climate change by shifting to green energy through diversification of its economy to align with the global climate goal of keeping the global temperature increase to well below 20C, has got a major boost.

The European Union (EU) has launched the ‘Team Europe Initiative (TEI) Nigeria Green Economy’ project aimed at stimulating sustainable climate-smart agriculture and renewable energy for economic growth and diversification, NAN reports.