Road to COP27: Positioning Africa’s Civil Society and Citizens on Climate Change, Energy Transition and Extractives

Despite contributing little to greenhouse gas emissions, Africa is the region most affected by climate change and looming energy transition commitments. Potential changes to consumption of its resources may significantly impact the continent’s development aims, such as addressing energy poverty among its growing population and industrialization. Meeting the target set under the Paris Agreement requires large-scale mobilization of political and economic capital to accelerate the process of replacing carbon-intensive energy infrastructure with low-carbon energy sources. It also required joint positions from African leaders.