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It identifies three primary conflict trajectories: the establishment of projects (often involving land disputes and \"green grabbing\"), the mining of critical minerals (linked to weak institutions and rebel financing), and energy production (related to grid access and geopolitical shifts). While most conflicts are local and non-violent, the authors warn of potential for large-scale civil unrest and geopolitical tensions as the global energy balance shifts away from fossil fuels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001028#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The \"green resource curse\" describes how the transition to green energy in Africa may mirror traditional resource curse dynamics, potentially leading to violence and conflict through three main activities: the establishment of renewable energy projects, green technology mineral mining, and renewable energy production.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001028#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The establishment of renewable energy projects often triggers local conflicts over land use and ownership, exacerbated by a lack of consultation with landowners and the use of \"green grabbing\"—the appropriation of land for environmental purposes justified by claims that the land is degraded.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001028#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Mining for minerals essential to green technologies (such as cobalt, lithium, and copper) is prone to conflict due to weak state institutions, the potential for \"Dutch disease,\" and the use of mineral profits to finance rebel groups and organized crime, specifically noted in the Democratic Republic of Congo.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001028#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Renewable energy production can cause conflict when local communities in energy-producing areas are excluded from the electrical grid or when actors compete for control over energy system structures and sources.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001028#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The shift to renewable energy is expected to alter global geopolitics by reducing the asymmetrical dependency on oil and gas suppliers, potentially creating new regional tensions over energy co-dependence and the economic decline of former fossil-fuel-dependent states.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001028#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Local conflicts over green energy can lead to project failure, as demonstrated by the Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya, where community protests over land dispossession and health fears resulted in a death and the eventual abandonment of the project.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001028#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["renewable energy","energy transition","critical minerals","climate change mitigation","energy access","hydropower","wind power","solar energy"],"geography_discussed":["Democratic Republic of the Congo","Uganda","Ghana","Kenya"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy brief","literature review","case study"]},{"id":"recourse-000018","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/recourse-000018","title":"Letter to the IMF Board and Management: concerns around the IMF's support for fossil fuel extraction in Uganda","publisher":{"name":"Recourse","organization":"recourse"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2023-07-12","source_url":"https://re-course.org/newsupdates/letter-to-the-imf-board-and-management-concerns-around-the-imfs-support-for-fossil-fuel-extraction-in-uganda/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Twenty-five organisations have urged the IMF to revise its macroeconomic strategy for Uganda, claiming that the current Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement contradicts net-zero science by relying on oil extraction for debt sustainability. 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Between 2002 and 2020, Germany committed 3.61 billion USD in development financing for energy supply in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the majority flowing to South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mozambique.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000120#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current German energy diplomacy is characterized by two competing interests: the pursuit of a green transition through renewable energy and hydrogen partnerships, and the strategic need to diversify fossil fuel sources, such as importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Senegal to reduce dependence on Russian gas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afripo-000120#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'financialization' of energy transition projects, particularly through multi-stakeholder initiatives like the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), risks prioritizing investor returns over development goals. 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