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Brussels — Africa Energy Rich but underdeveloped countries must secure their right to growth and power at the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Egypt in November, officials across the continent said this week.
Rich countries should not allow concerns about emissions that cause climate change to interfere with energy projects involving fossil fuels, energy leaders told the Africa Energy Forum in Brussels.
For many, sanctions from Russia that European countries have scrambled to increase energy supplies from elsewhere as energy crunches cause inflation and arouse fear of recession. And the reduction in flow is a benefit. {nL1N2Y90HK]
"All the arguments I heard at COP26 are no longer the same," Cheikh Niane, Deputy Minister of Oil for Emerging Gas Power Generation in Senegal, told Reuters.
"COP27 will allow the G7 and all developed countries to consider energy transformations and enable African countries to procure electricity for their citizens and develop gas to support their industrialization. I look forward to it. ”
At last year's summit in Glasgow, Scotland, about 200 countries agreed to strengthen their commitment to climate change.
But for Osvaldo Abreu, Minister of Infrastructure and Natural Resources of Sao Tome and Principe, his attendance never sees income from the undeveloped oil and gas outlook for his poor island nation. I made him afraid.
"What we want from the big powers is to look at our situation. With the minimum financial support we need, we are ready to stop exploring in the final case." Abreu told Reuters.
Wealthy countries are promised annually from 2020 to 2023 to help developing countries adapt to the world of energy shifts and warming. Many people in Glasgow were disappointed by not offering dollars.
"We need this oil ... and all we need is to keep our promises because we haven't seen anything before," he added. rice field.
Egypt, a natural gas exporter, will take over the chair of the United Nations Climate Change Conference from the United Kingdom and host the COP27 Summit in Sharm El Sheikh from November 7th to 18th.
"The COP27 session will be another taste," said Aiman Soliman, CEO of the Egyptian Sovereign Foundation, and the conference agreed to fund fuel and electricity projects, especially climate-friendly projects. He added that he would focus on. Plans to increase green ammonia for transport on the Suez Canal.
"We want to do a project and unlock funding ... we've been trying to speak the languages of other parts of the world, but now the world has us You need to see and speak our language. "
(Report by Noah Browning; Edited by Elaine Hardcastle)
