According to the continent’s top energy official, African nations will use the COP27 climate negotiations in Egypt next month to promote a shared energy perspective that sees fossil fuels as essential to developing economies and increasing access to electricity.
Environmental organizations have criticized the African position, which could overshadow global climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh that aim to build on the Glasgow summit and fulfill financial commitments made by wealthy nations to developing nations that have fallen far short of the promised $100 billion a year by 2020.
“We recognize that some countries may have to use fossil fuels for now, but it’s not one solution fits all, It is not time to exclude, but it is the time to tailor solutions for a context”, said Amani Abou-Zeid, the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy.
