Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reaffirmed his position on coal when he urged delegates at the Africa Energy Indaba in Cape Town not to neglect fossil fuels on the continent.
being dismissed immediately, rather than working through his notice period, and attacks on his character.
“What we cannot afford to lose sight of in this just energy transition discourse is the fact that Africa is the least polluter compared to the developed continents,” he said.in Scotland in 2021, that countries reduce carbon emissions and build resilience against the adverse effects of climate change.
in February last year that Gabrielle Knott, specialist gas attorney at the Centre for Environmental Rights, said the move towards gas was “misguided in alleging that gas is a cleaner fuel source” that will reduce pollution. “The extracting, transporting and burning of gas gives rise to significant harmful emissions and impacts,” she said.
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