NE LAISSEZ PAS L'AFRIQUE BRÛLER!

The document opposes the promotion of natural gas as a 'transition fuel' in Africa, arguing that such projects primarily benefit European energy security and corporate profits while exacerbating climate vulnerability and poverty on the continent. It highlights the environmental damage in the Niger Delta and Cabo Delgado, criticizes 'Net Zero' as greenwashing, and proposes a 100% renewable energy target for Africa by 2050. The authors call for an end to fossil fuel financing and demand an annual climate debt payment of $2 trillion from industrialized nations to fund loss, damage, and a just transition.

• The document argues that European countries, specifically Germany and Italy, are pursuing new oil and gas infrastructure in Africa to replace Russian supplies following the invasion of Ukraine, which the authors claim will lead to an 'irreversible climate catastrophe'.
• Africa is described as the continent warming most rapidly and being the most vulnerable to climate impacts despite contributing only 3.3% of global greenhouse gas emissions over the last 62 years.
• The report rejects the classification of gas as a 'transition fuel' or 'clean energy', noting that methane is 34 times more powerful than CO2 over 100 years and 86 times more powerful over 20 years in trapping heat.
• In Nigeria's Niger Delta, gas flaring has caused severe pollution; 1.8 billion standard cubic feet (SCF) of gas per day were burned over the last nine years, and in 2020 alone, $1.24 billion worth of natural gas was burned.
• Gas projects in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, have led to the loss of land and ocean access for local communities, alongside human rights violations and increased conflict, while three-quarters of the produced gas is exported.
• The authors criticize 'Net Zero' and 'nature-based solutions' as greenwashing tactics that allow companies to avoid reducing emissions at the source and risk causing land grabbing in the Global South for carbon offsets.
• The document proposes a transition to 100% renewable energy for Africa by 2050, emphasizing decentralized, community-owned systems as a more cost-effective alternative to gas pipelines for the 600 million Africans lacking electricity.
• The report demands that industrialized polluters pay an annual climate debt of $2 trillion—equivalent to global military spending—to cover loss and damage and support a just transition.

APA

Obayanju, B., Mariere, U.-J. M., Bhatnagar, D., Race, M., Yesutanbul, A., Jacklin, A., Lemos, A., & Masson, L. (2022). NE LAISSEZ PAS L'AFRIQUE BRÛLER! Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ne-laissez-pas-l-Afrique-bruler_Amis-de-la-Terre-Afrique_2022.pdf

Chicago

Obayanju, Babawale, Ubrei-Joe Maimoni Mariere, Dipti Bhatnagar, Madeleine Race, Amos Yesutanbul, Avena Jacklin, Anabela Lemos, and Lise Masson. NE LAISSEZ PAS L'AFRIQUE BRÛLER! Friends of the Earth International, 2022. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ne-laissez-pas-l-Afrique-bruler_Amis-de-la-Terre-Afrique_2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{obayanju2022laissez, author = {Obayanju, Babawale and Mariere, Ubrei-Joe Maimoni and Bhatnagar, Dipti and Race, Madeleine and Yesutanbul, Amos and Jacklin, Avena and Lemos, Anabela and Masson, Lise}, title = {{NE LAISSEZ PAS L'AFRIQUE BRÛLER!}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ne-laissez-pas-l-Afrique-bruler_Amis-de-la-Terre-Afrique_2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }