AFRICA’s ENERGY TRANSITION AT COP27 TAKING AN HONEST LOOK AT AFRICA’S RENEWABLES

TO MEET THE CLIMATE TARGETS (By NJ Ayuk)

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 11/11/2022, 00:24 Time

USPA NEWS - To meet the climate targets set out in the Paris agreement Africa must radically change its energy landscape, and that means increasing our renewables capacity. Vilifying fossil fuels seems to come easily to many people these days. That includes UN Secretary General António Guterres, who recently associated them with war, pollution, and climate catastrophe. The only true path toward peace in the 21st century, he said, is an accelerated renewables-based energy transition, and African gas exploration be damned in the process. In fact, he claimed that exploring for gas and oil anywhere in the world is “delusional.”
That’s pretty strong language from a man whose native Portugal produces 4.34 metric tons of CO2 emissions per capita – more than twice that of Brazil, which has 20 times more people, and more than five times the per capita total of the entire continent of Africa. We publish the opinion of NJ Ayuk, Chairman, Executive Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) as it was delivered, Source: African Energy Chamber

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AFRICAN UNION SEEKS ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES ECOWAS SUPPORT

FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS PROTOCOL SIGNED

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 11/11/2022, 00:19 Time

USPA NEWS - An African Union delegation paid a working visit to the ECOWAS Commission, today, November 10, 2022. The delegation led by Rita Amukhobu, the Coordinator of Free Movement Programme of the African Union Commission (AUC) was at the ECOWAS Commission to seek the support of ECOWAS with the implementation of the AU Free Movement Protocol.
Rita Amukhobu, the Coordinator of Free Movement Programme of the African Union Commission (AUC) while addressing the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, solicited ECOWAS’ Support with the signing and ratification of the AU Free Movement Protocol among Member States. ECOWAS she said is a leader in Africa when it comes to Free Movement, as such AU is relying on ECOWAS to support the Continental Integration process regarding Free Movement.

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AN AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MIGRATION POLICY

ICMPD REPRESENTATION IN MOROCCO

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 11/11/2022, 00:11 Time

USPA NEWS - The Signing in Rabat of an Agreement for the Establishment of an International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Representation in Morocco This agreement is likely to allow for stronger cooperation with the Center's member states and financial partners for the launch of joint initiatives in areas of common interest

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THE LAB ONLINE CHILD PROTECTIONAL LAUNCHED UNDER THE AEGIS OF PARIS PEACE FORUM

AT ELYSEE 10-12 NOVEMBER 2022

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 11/10/2022, 23:17 Time

USPA NEWS - French President Emmanuel Macron will participate in the Paris Peace Forum which will be held on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 November 2022 at the Palais Brogniart as well as at the Elysee Palace. It is te fifth edition, of this global Summit for Peace founded and launched by Emmanuel Macron himself, in 2017, dear to his own Presidential agenda. This year it coincides within the context of Ukraine’s war, and marks also the implementation of some measures validated last year during the participation of the US Vice President Kamala Harris. Today, on Thursday 10 November 2022, the Children's Online Protection Lab, is launched, at Elysee Palace, (French Presidency), under the aegis of the Paris Peace Forum. In addition, the Paris Peace Forum will take place this year in a new context of the return of war on the European continent, the questioning of the international order, and the growing risk of fracturing the world. The Argentinian President, Alberto Angel Fernandez and Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia , are the two head of states participating, tonight at this launching. The signatories of the Call undertake to promote digital literacy and to prevent any exposure .

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