African leaders cautioned against fossil fuels at AU summit

As the African Union Summit gets underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this weekend, energy transition is expected to top the agenda, even civil society groups caution leaders against fossil-fuel expansion projects on the continent.

President William Ruto has been spearheading Africa’s climate change agenda at the summit that started on Saturday.

...Dean Bhebhe, coordinator Don’t Gas Africa, has argued African leaders at the summit to initiate a process of transparent and meaningful dialogue that will explore ways of investing in clean energy forms instead of “selling away fossil fuel extraction rights to big multinational companies.”