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- Africa does not have the privilege of simply abandoning coal.
- Abandoning coal will mean no available energy to power healthcare, education, business, and transport across African economies.
- Europe, despite pressuring Africa to abandon coal, is turning to coal to power their economies.
While developed nations are calling for an immediate, and perhaps overly ambitious switch to a renewable energy future, African economies cannot stop using coal. And you dont have to look far to see why. In Africa, over 600 million people live without access to electricity. And more than 900 million lack access clean cooking solutions.
This alone means abandoning coal and its associated power generation infrastructure will be unrealistic for Africa. Dropping the use of coal in Africa will cause damage on African economies while reversing the meaningful development progress realized so far.
Coal in Africa’s energy mix
Coal has long played a critical role in the energy
