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In this perspective-shifting talk, energy researcher Rose M. Mutiso makes the case for prioritizing Africa's needs with what's left of the world's carbon budget, to foster growth and equitably achieve a smaller global carbon footprint.
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Before she continues, as far as I can see China is the currant carbon burner of the day. They’re choking on it at the moment.
@Bernardus Greeff climate change does not care about per capita
@Bernardus Greeff They’re buying in coal from everywhere and they’re not just wearing masks for the virus, even their eves are watering from the smoke in the air. They’re so busy building and manufacturing things and cities to overtake the west, they’re choking the population.
China are pushing renewables like crazy. They have huge EV incentives. As well as pouring tons into solar and wind.
Its the US who are the biggest polluter in history. Per capita China release as much as the UK. 1 US citizen emits double the ghg than a British or Chinese citizen.
The US has had a president who doesn’t even believe in climate change for the last 4 years and have pulled out of the Paris agreement. Everyone needs to get to zero. But countries like the US are the worst culprits, whereas countries like the ones in Africa should do whatever they need to get to a better standard of living.
You sounded like you fall in love with China, always talking about it
Great content. I hope TED addresses slavery in Africa going on… right now.
Look the only way to stop slavery, is to stop the resources where is started, place like America or Europe
@Nature Owns Slavery has been practiced across most sizeable nations and peoples since before the dawn of history. Some Africans and Arabs still practice it, and it was Americans who abolished it – not Africans or Arabs or Muslims or Chinese. Say what you will of Western hegemony, but please don’t forget these details.
@Krangz for Africa the solution is to deal with the western countries, for Asia they got their own solutions.
@Krangz this is time to admit the problem not to protect or hide from the world because you can’t hide it
@Krangz great response other than America abolished it. America outlawed chattel slavery in its borders 30-40 years after the rest of the first world at the time.
Then America expanded slavery to every citizen in the form of income tax.
They have more sunlight…..
Y don’t they use solar energy?
It’s like someone eating a full course meal and then when someone else eats a crumb they get mad
Don’t tell that to Greta Thunberg, she does not take well nuance
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Wonderful let’s just ruin the rest of the planet , great .
I seriously thought it was Michelle Obama until I read the title of the video
Africe needs to reduce or stop corruption to develop anything..
I’ve seen my fair share of presentations and angles towards climate change and upcoming problems/possible solutions. Everytime it was acknowledged that “developing” africa will prove a challenge, but nobody ever made the statement that “africa needs to lower it’s emissions as much as other developed continents do”.
I don’t want to discredit the talk, but where does this statement come from?
Have I missed something o.0 ?
Omg, I’ve always had this in mind. Before any country in Africa can succeed, ELECTRICITY AND INTERNET are main priorities
Under liberal “leadership” California DOES have daily blackouts.
Comparing anything to californium at this point is like Comparing compost to a Diamond.
It sucks, we know!