African nations are harnessing it's push toward the oil and gas industry despite global push to reduce greenhouse gasses Oil-rich nations are keen to explore and pump out various fossil fuels as the rest of the world moves toward being Carbon Neutral COP 26 focused on resolutions for the world, but that was mainly the developed world, what about Africa? Part 1: The fuel of modern-day civilization The backdrop of modern-day development as embodied in Europe, America, Asia and the Arab Peninsula all lies in fossil fuel, crude oil, black gold. It is the burning of fossil fuels that runs our engines and powers our economies. Indeed, we owe our modern civilization and advances to fossil fuel. Great! What is not so great is the cost that comes with burning fossil fuels. The primary cause of current climate change, altering the Earth's ecosystems and causing human and environmental health problems is the burning of fossil fuels – Berkley University: Understanding Global Change, Burning of Fossil Fuels. For this reason, the International Energy Agency (IEA) targets phasing out fossil fuel subsidies as one of four policies to keep the world on track for the intended 2 degree Celsius global warming
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