By sheer dint of repetition in countless “expert” reports and mass media articles, this line in the climate change narrative has become a truism...
The World Economic Forum states that “the lowest income countries produce one-tenth of emissions, but are the most heavily impacted by climate change.”...
But, by a tragic turn of irony, moves to “fight climate change” are precisely what is hurting the poor most.
- It is not “climate change” but the policies adopted in response to it that are the problem afflicting the poor the most...
In 2019, out of the world total of almost 760 million people without access to electricity...
This was brought home brilliantly by Geoff Hill at a talk in the House of Lords in Westminster on Monday...
This was brought home brilliantly by Geoff Hill at a talk in the House of Lords in Westminster on Monday...
- With electricity unavailable or too expensive for 600 million people in Africa, vast areas of forest are being denuded for fuelwood or charcoal to cook and to warm homes by those who have no other fuel...
- With deforestation, the land degrades and soon enough there’s a desert where the jungle once stood.
- As Geoff points out, “Africa is losing its forest. Not just a few trees here and there: an area the size of Switzerland is cleared every year…
- A staggering 90% of the timber is used as firewood, commonly turned into charcoal, and sold in markets across the continent.”...
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