EU's green new deal and Africa
Will Africa\u2019s economic development be held back for the world\u2019s net zero climate targets? And could banning investment in their fossil fuels do more harm than good? Tamasin Ford speaks to NJ Ayuk, the executive chair of the energy industry lobby group, Africa Energy Chamber who says the decision is a disaster for countries in Africa and to W.Gyude Moore, a Senior Policy Fellow at the Centre for Global Development and Liberia's former Minister of Public Works who says Africa can\u2019t catch up without fossil fuels. Dr Olumide Abimbola, is the Executive Director of the Africa Policy Research Institute, a Berlin based think tank that works on Africa policy issues. He\u2019s in Glasgow for the climate talks and Tamasin asked him whether there\u2019s a fear the EU Green deal could restrict goods from Africa. And Adenike Oladosu, one of Nigeria\u2019s youth delegates in Glasgow says people in her country do want to go green but it\u2019s just not affordable.
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