Don’t let green energy become new colonialism, ITUC-Africa warns
African Workers’ Contributions to Energy Sovereignty, Green Industrialization, and a Common African for COP31, in Nairobi, Kenya, ITUC-Africa Deputy President Rose Omamo urged African governments, climate negotiators and development partners to ensure that the shift to clean energy delivers decent jobs, strengthens public energy systems and gives African countries greater control over their natural resources.…Says energy revolution must create jobs, not just profits By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nairobi : Organised Labour through the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC-Africa has warned that Africa risks replacing one form of colonial exploitation with another unless it takes control of its energy transition.
Omamo said the continent should approach the global green transition with a united position ahead of the COP31 climate summit, warning that expanding electricity access alone would not solve Africa’s development challenges unless investments also created industries, added value to local minerals and improved the livelihoods of ordinary citizens.
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