African leaders call for more investments in green energy and water infrastructure to... ECA_OFFICIAL: Africa
In New York, African leaders have called for concerted investment in energy and water infrastructure to accelerate the achievement of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Mr. Pedro noted that African countries have been disproportionately affected by multiple crises which have reversed development gains, but Africa had the solutions to sustainable development. By taking the lead in the green hydrogen space for instance, Africa could produce over $1 trillion worth of green hydrogen a year by 2035.
Speaking at the same event, Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, United Nations Development Programme, Ahunna Eziakonwa, called for the scaling up of energy development models that work because energy poverty was a serious challenge needing urgent action.
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