12 reasons why gas should be part of Africa's clean energy future A tower flaring gas at an LNG processing plant in Nigeria Image: REUTERS/Paul Carsten 23 Jul 2020 Mark Thurber Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University Todd Moss Founder and Executive Director of the Energy Growth Hub, and nonresident fellow, Center for Global Development Blocking funding for gas energy projects in Africa may seem like sensible climate policy - but this is not the case. Such an approach could hinder countries' development and slow the transition to clean energy. We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our updated Cookie Notice. I accept
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12 reasons why gas should be part ofAfrica's clean energy future
A tower flaring gas at an LNG processing plant in Nigeria Image: REUTERS/Paul Carsten
23 Jul 2020
Mark ThurberAssociate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University
Todd MossFounder and Executive Director of the Energy Growth Hub, and nonresident fellow, Center for GlobalDevelopment
Blocking funding for gas energy projects in Africa may seem like sensible climate
policy - but this is not the case.
Such an approach could hinder countries' development and slow the transition to
clean energy.
We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. By using our website you consent to all cookiesin accordance with our updated Cookie Notice. I accept
the process, it will convince policy-makers on the continent, perhaps not for the first time, that
outside investors do not have their best interests at heart.
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Mark Thurber, Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University
Todd Moss, Founder and Executive Director of the Energy Growth Hub, and nonresident fellow, Center forGlobal Development
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.
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