The Africa Oil Week and Green Energy Africa summit in the second week of October was used by high-ranking AU officials and energy ministers from several African countries to call for more fossil fuel investments and greater energy access ahead of UN climate negotiations to be held in Egypt next.
Annually, world leaders gather in what is considered the biggest climate change summit known as conference of the parties (COP). This year, the 27th edition of the conference, otherwise known as COP27, is set to happen in Egypt in November.
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 […]
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