‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels
Exclusive: Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries
More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals struck at this week’s UK-Africa investment summit were for fossil fuels, despite a government commitment to “support African countries in their transition to cleaner energy”.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened the summit on Monday, citing the climate emergency: “We all breathe the same air, we live beneath the same sky, and we all suffer when carbon emissions rise and the planet warms.”