Africa’s Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Egypt: An Opportunity to re-think what we’re asking Africa to do and Respect African Voices – African Energy Chamber

Africa’s Conference of the Parties (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.

No thanks. Africa doesn’t need a radical energy transition; Africa needs a just energy transition. We don’t want to abandon our fossil fuels and find ourselves in the same situation Europe is in today. Africans know what it means to have no energy.

We need a healthy balance of energy sources. Humanity’s history is full of energy transitions. We move on to more efficient energy sources over time. The transition to renewable energy will happen.

The Attacks on Africans Were Expected. Distractions from African Energy Poverty issues at COP27

Unfortunately, climate panic, smears and fear mongering are alive and well, and for some reason, Africa is public enemy number one. A continent that emits a negligible amount of carbon dioxide, at most, 3% of the world’s total, is being disproportionately pegged as a threat to the planet by developed nations.

With 600 million Africans without access to electricity, and more than 900 million without clean cooking facilities and many Africans looking for answers, Chloé Farand, a very wealthy activist with close ties to radical group