It was a victory for African climate campaigners and their allies in Europe and the United States: a group of powerful countries and institutions including the U.S., Canada and the European Investment Bank announced at last year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, that they would end decades of support for oil and gas projects […]
Campaigners have warned that Africa is in danger of being locked into fossil fuels, in decades to come, as leaders consider a new position that will prioritise fossil gas and nuclear projects over cleaner, cheaper, renewables.