The global pressure to adopt a renewable-only stance is inevitably creating more pressure
on Development Finance Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks and Bilateral
Development Agencies to consider this position. While some African countries have the
renewable energy resources to support such a transition, many do not and will still have to
rely on fossil fuel sources in the interim.
In this session we explore the implications of such a change on Africa’s ability to achieve
its development objectives and learn from Carlos Pimenta’s energy and climate journey,
from being Portugal’s youngest Secretary of State for the Environment, to leading EU
negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol, becoming the Chairman of a Renewable Energy
Investment Fund.
The global pressure to adopt a renewable-only stance is inevitably creating more pressure
on Development Finance Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks and Bilateral
Development Agencies to consider this position. While some African countries have the
renewable energy resources to support such a transition, many do not and will still have to
rely on fossil fuel sources in the interim.
In this session we explore the implications of such a change on Africa’s ability to achieve
its development objectives and learn from Carlos Pimenta’s energy and climate journey,
from being Portugal’s youngest Secretary of State for the Environment, to leading EU
negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol, becoming the Chairman of a Renewable Energy
Investment Fund.
The global pressure to adopt a renewable-only stance is inevitably creating more pressure
on Development Finance Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks and Bilateral
Development Agencies to consider this position. While some African countries have the
renewable energy resources to support such a transition, many do not and will still have to
rely on fossil fuel sources in the interim.
In this session we explore the implications of such a change on Africa’s ability to achieve
its development objectives and learn from Carlos Pimenta’s energy and climate journey,
from being Portugal’s youngest Secretary of State for the Environment, to leading EU
negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol, becoming the Chairman of a Renewable Energy
Investment Fund.