Actually, it has been clear for a long time: Fossil fuels are dinosaurs of the past. But since Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, gas has been in high demand again. Instead of finally getting out of gas in Europe, there are new projects and investments. We talk about this in this episode with Neelke Wagner from PowerShift. We also hear the Senegalese environmental activist Cheikh Fadel Wade, and Neville Van Rooy, who is campaigning from South Africa for a just energy transition without gas.
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Read more:
on natural gas
- https://www.duh.de/fileadmin/user_upload/download/Projektinformation/Energiewende/diwkompakt_2021-166.pdf
- https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2023/understanding-methane-emissions (in English)
on energy projects in Senegal:
- https://www.rosalux.de/news/id/50179
- https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/erdgas-im-senegal-fossile-brennstoffe-in-afrika-a-abfc9ed4-0e2c-4d10-93ba-f24af8bf00ca
- https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/win-for-science-as-bp-pressured-into-cleaning-up-offshore-gas-plans/ (in English)
- https://newclimate.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/renewable_senegal_opportunities_for_german-senegalese_development_cooperation_towards_a_sustainable_future_01_06.pdf (in English)
