Some African religious leaders have demanded faster access to renewable energy that doesn’t affect the environment or Africans.The clergy asked African governments to oppose any attempts by Global North countries and companies to implement new fossil fuel projects, like the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), across the continent at a time when the rest of the world is phasing them out.At a “Religious Leaders Roundtable on (EACOP)” event, hosted by GreenFaith in Nairobi, Kenya, dozens of clerics and religious leaders from many faiths, including Hindu, Muslim, and several Christian denominations, said this is right time to demand access to clean energy.The clergy was unified in their appeals for a quicker, more rapid just transition to renewable energy and the phase-out of fossil fuel projects in Africa despite their diversity of faiths and ideologies.Given that the…
Faith leaders demand faster universal access to clean energy in Africa
