Africa’s Energy Transition at COP27: Taking an Honest Look at Africa’s Renewables Capacity
Vilifying fossil fuels seems to come easily to many people these days. That includes UN Secretary General António Guterres, who recently associated them with war, pollution, and climate catastrophe. The only true path toward peace in the 21st century, he said, is an accelerated renewables-based energy transition, and African gas exploration be damned in the process. In fact, he claimed that exploring for gas and oil anywhere in the world is “delusional.”
Africa’s COP27 in Egypt: An Opportunity to re-think what we’re asking Africa to do and Respect African Voices. African Energy Chamber
When Africans look at the green agenda from Western countries, they see something written by extreme forces that do not factor our concerns especially around natural gas and energy poverty.
