A Just Energy Transition as advocated by President Macky Sall, will benefit Senegal’s economy, and create jobs for its young people
African oil- and gas-producing countries have been facing increasing pressure this year to abandon oil and gas activities and begin relying instead on green energy sources like wind, solar, and hydrogen to help prevent climate change. Many of these African countries are pushing back, however, and rejecting the notion that their energy transitions should follow the same pattern as Western ones.
In Senegal, where the development of oil and gas fields has put the country on the precipice of tremendous economic growth, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Aissatou Sophie Gladima has pushed and worked for a tempered and balanced approach to protecting the environment, one that considers the pressing needs of Senegalese people and businesses and the African Energy Chamber believes it is a step in t...