This is the first factsheet in a forthcoming series that details why fossil gas is dangerous for our planet and our communities in Africa, and how gas acts as a barrier to the energy transition we need for a safe, secure and healthy future.
Africa
Fossil Fuels Fail Africa â The Case for a Just Transition on the Continent
A new infographic reveals how fossil-fueled development bypasses African communities, but also illustrates the continent’s potential for a just transition. As Africa holds 39 percent of global renewable energy potential, governments and banks must shift their climate finance commitments towards a renewable just transition in Africa.
Civil society criticizes African Climate Summit for promoting false solutions, not fossil fuel phaseout
Last week, some 30,000 delegates and 25 African heads of state, as well as the European Commission President, UN Secretary-General and US Special Envoy on Climate, gathered in Nairobi for the inaugural Africa Climate Summit.
Civil Society groups call on Toronto Stock Exchange to block share listing for Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltdâs controversial activities in Namibia and Botswana
A coalition of civil society groups from Canada, the USA, and Namibia, has today called on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange TSXV to deny regulatory approval to a new share listing by ReconAfrica.
Oil Change International experts respond to COP27:Â Lack of progress on fossil fuels mars key steps on loss and damage
Despite important progress on establishing a loss and damage fund, COP27 failed to acknowledge the need for a rapid and equitable phase-out of oil, gas, and coal.
Investing in Disaster: Recent and Anticipated Final Investment Decisions for New Oil And Gas Production Beyond the 1.5°C Limit
The briefing reveals that new oil and gas production approved to date in 2022 and at risk of approval over the next three years could cumulatively lock in 70 billion tonnes (Gt) of new carbon pollution. This is equivalent to almost two yearsâ worth of global carbon emissions from energy at current levels, 17 percent of the worldâs remaining 1.5°C carbon budget, or the lifecycle emissions of 468 coal power plants.
COP27: Civil Society says âDonât Gas Africaâ and calls for an end of colonial fossil fuel extraction
At a series of events today at the COP27 climate talks, speaker after speaker warned against the Dash for Gas in Africa. One speaker, Mohamed Adow, from PowerShiftAfrica, said: âAfrica sits at a crossroads & there is a fight to decide its energy & development future playing out at #COP27. A cabal of fossil fuel companies supported by foreign nations are trying to push Africa into a fossil fuel led development future. We say to them Donât Gas Africa.â
âWe’re not in an energy crisis, we’re in a fossil fuel crisisâ â advocates discuss fossil fuels at onset of COP27
“Make no mistake â the fossil gas agenda is a neocolonial agenda and patriarchal one. Fossil gas will not provide âenergy securityâ in Africa or anywhere else.” âLorraine Chiponda
Response: International Energy Agency understates gas expansion risks for African communities, jobs, and climate
Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a new special report on Africa. The 2022 Africa Energy Outlook suggests a potential to increase gas production on the continent to 2030 even in a âsustainableâ scenario.
Climate Advocates: The EUâs International Energy Strategy Is a Reckless Response to a Global Crisis
“The EU’s new international energy strategy is woefully inadequate and would lock in decades’ more extraction of deadly gas and oil,” said Collin Rees.