SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -World leaders have a credibility downside in the case of local weather change, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore instructed the COP27 local weather convention on Monday, criticising developed nations’ pursuit of fuel sources in Africa.
“We’ve a credibility downside all of us: We’re speaking and we’re beginning to act, however we’re not doing sufficient,” Gore mentioned throughout a speech on the opening ceremony of the summit.
“We should see the so-called ‘sprint for fuel’ for what it truly is: a splash down a bridge to nowhere, leaving the international locations of the world dealing with local weather chaos and billions in stranded belongings, particularly right here in Africa.
“We’ve to maneuver past the period of fossil gasoline colonialism.”
(Reporting by William James; Enhancing by Alex Richardson and Frank Jack Daniel)
