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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The annual conference of the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) kicked off earlier tuesday, with senior officials debating how to address the region\u2019s energy deficit while reducing carbon emissions.<\/b><\/p>\n

By the last estimates, Southern Africa\u2019s had an electricity deficit of more than 10 gigawatts and is also largely dependent on imports for other forms of energy such as petroleum. While coal is abundant in the region, its burning is associated with high carbon emissions which are responsible for the quickening global pace of climate change.<\/p>\n

Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) acting caretaker CEO, Pelaelo Kgomotso, told the conference that the region was caught in a dilemma about how to provide energy to its citizens, whilst adhering to global commitments to cut down on carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur region is facing an energy paradox situation,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have abundant resources and yet we are energy deficient. \u201cWe have to import most of these products and we are prone to pricing issues and geopolitics in the global village.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cHow do we get on a path to a secure and sustainable energy future?\u201d<\/p>\n

Africa is one of the least energy self-sufficient regions of the world, with large swathes of its population unconnected to electricity and dependent on primal sources of energy such as firewood. The continent also has a large infrastructure deficit which means the production of petroleum is not easily transferrable between those nations that produce and those that do not.<\/p>\n

While countries on the continent have signed up to global climate change conventions which require a gradual phase down in fossil fuel usage, Africa is estimated to contribute less than five percent of the world\u2019s carbon emissions. The continent is paradoxically amongst the areas that will be hardest hit by climate change\u2019s effects.<\/p>\n

BERA officials said that the conference would address the role regulators should play to ensure countries achieve both energy security and carbon emissions reduction. RERA members will assess progress made by countries on both goals and \u201cinduce further scientific research on ensuring sustainable and clean use of the \u2018dirty\u2019 sources of energy\u201d.<\/p>\n

The RERA conference, which will officially be launched tomorrow by Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane, is scheduled to focus on the theme, \u201cRegulators\u2019 Role in Improving Energy Security and Reducing Carbon Intensity\u201d.<\/p>\n

The conference is due to run until Friday.<\/p>\n

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