Africans take up the fight to free the continent from fossil fuel dependency
The climate crisis has been dominating the mainstream media lately. Every week, we hear about climate-related disasters hitting different regions across the world. Scientists keep sounding the alarm about our diminishing ability to rein in the worst of climate change, activists keep protesting against climate inaction and corporations continue violating human rights.
But Africans are rising in ever-growing numbers to resist the fossil fuels industry and to champion adapted and affordable climate solutions. Across the continent, civil society groups and local groups are fiercely working towards setting Africa free from coal, oil and gas dependency...
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