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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni accused Europe of brazen double standards and hypocrisy towards Africa in its climate and energy policies, citing Europe’s return to coal-fired power plants in the face of the energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine. At the same time, he lamented that Europe was telling African nations not to use fossil fuels.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni accused Europe of brazen double standards and hypocrisy towards Africa in its climate and energy policies, citing Europe’s return to coal-fired power plants in the face of the energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine. At the same time, he lamented that Europe was telling African nations not to use fossil fuels. This, he said, was akin to advocating one rule for them and another set of rules for the rest of the world.
Museveni wrote in a blog published recently that coincided with the UN’s COP27 climate summit taking place in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. He highlighted Europe’s failure to meet its climate goals. This should not be Africa’s problem, he stressed. Importantly,
Museveni wrote in his blog that the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in February warned that tens of millions of Africans face a future marked by drought, disease, and displacement due to global heating.
He further said that wealthy nations have failed to provide a pledged US$100 billion a year from 2020 to developing nations to help them build resilience and green their economies. Africa’s carbon footprint is the lowest of any continent. It accounts for around three percent of global CO2 emissions, he explained.
Museveni said European nations needed to end their brazen double standards and hypocrisy. It appeared as if the western investments in fossil fuels in Africa were possible only for meeting oil and gas that would be sent to Europe, which was a double standard that the western nations should shun, he stressed.
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