Analysis: Can COP27 deter Africa from a 'dash for gas' in green energy transition?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Later in July, the African Union (AU) and other pan-African institutions adopted a common position on energy access and just transition that said Africa would continue to deploy all forms of its "abundant energy resources including renewable and non-renewable energy to address energy demand".
53% : South Africa won the first such $8.5 billion deal at last year's COP26 summit to wean itself off coal.
52% : African states say gas key to provide power, ease povertyEnergy experts see renewables as cheaper, quicker optionFaster shift to clean energy will require more donor cash BARCELONA, Nov 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
52% : Switching to gas from coal and oil can provide an immediate reduction in climate-heating emissions of 30%, he noted.
48% : The International Energy Agency has said investors should not fund new oil, gas and coal supply projects if the world wants to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century, as required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement to keep global warming "well below" 2 degrees Celsius and ideally to 1.5C. Mohamed Adow, director of Nairobi-based think tank Power Shift Africa, told journalists at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday that Europe is seeking to make Africa its "gas station", while failing to provide adequate funding to boost renewable energy such as solar.
41% : Climate campaigners have pitched themselves against African governments that believe they should be allowed to use gas - which emits less climate-heating carbon dioxide than coal and oil when burned - to develop their economies and provide power to 600 million Africans who still lack access to electricity.

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