{"id":9820,"date":"2022-11-16T16:59:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:23:00","slug":"climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa.<\/p>\n

Faced with an energy crisis because of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, western nations have been looking elsewhere to shore up their supply.<\/p>\n

\u2018If your country is breaking a promise not to finance new fossil fuel development overseas, by investing in new gas infrastructure in Africa, then you are not a climate leader,\u2019 Ugandan climate activist, Vanessa Nakate, told delegates at an event on clean energy transition hosted by Britain on the sidelines of the summit.<\/p>\n

\u2018If your country\u2019s planned expansion of its oil and gas development would by itself put the 1.5 degrees Celsius target out of reach, then you are not a climate leader. So, I ask each of the leaders here today. Will you be on the right side of history?\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Countries agreed in the 2015 Paris climate accord to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century if possible.<\/p>\n

\u2018Don\u2019t gas Africa\u2019<\/p>\n

Nakate was one of many African climate activists taking aim at world leaders who continue to back new fossil fuel projects despite warnings from scientists.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Russia-Ukraine crisis has caused increased demand for gas in Africa. There is a new project now, the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project, taking gas from Nigeria through Morocco to Europe. And we are saying we don\u2019t want that to happen,\u2019 said Nigerian climate activist, Innocent Ighodalo Edemhanria.<\/p>\n

Nakate warned that the annual meeting is being infiltrated by oil and gas representatives who are turning it into \u2018a sales and marketing conference for more pollution and more destruction and more devastation\u2019.<\/p>\n

Environmental groups say they have counted more than 600 delegates with links to the fossil fuel industry at the conference.<\/p>\n

\u2018Countries of the global north have been shopping for gas in Africa, using the energy crisis at the moment, the war in Ukraine and the energy poverty in Africa as a pretext to start doing gas production in Africa,\u2019 said Ina Maria Shikongo, a Namibian climate activist.<\/p>\n

\u2018What that means is obviously opening up new gas fields, oil fields, and also putting the entire carbon budget at risk.\u2019<\/p>\n

Scientists are warnings that new fossil fuel projects will push global temperatures to dangerous highs. And they say that with about 1.2 Celsius of warming already reached, the 1.5 degree target is already likely to be missed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Cape verde<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Cape verde. Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa. Faced with an energy crisis because of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, western nations have been looking elsewhere to shore up their supply. \u2018If your country is breaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,331,328],"class_list":["post-9820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-cape-verde","tag-cape-verde"],"yoast_head":"\nClimate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa - Cape Verde<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa - Cape Verde\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cape Verde\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-16T16:59:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-16T17:23:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-16T16:59:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-16T17:23:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa\"},\"wordCount\":432,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Cape verde\",\"Cape verde\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa\",\"name\":\"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa - Cape Verde\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-16T16:59:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-16T17:23:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/\",\"name\":\"Cape Verde\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa - Cape Verde","description":"Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa - Cape Verde","og_description":"Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa","og_site_name":"Cape Verde","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-11-16T16:59:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-16T17:23:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa","datePublished":"2022-11-16T16:59:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-16T17:23:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa"},"wordCount":432,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Cape verde","Cape verde"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa","name":"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa - Cape Verde","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-16T16:59:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-16T17:23:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Activists attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt held a demonstration on Tuesday, calling on countries to stop ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668605402.49.jpg","width":1024,"height":538,"caption":"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/climate-activists-call-on-countries-to-stop-funding-new-gas-projects-in-africa#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Climate activists call on countries to stop funding new gas projects in Africa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/","name":"Cape Verde","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}