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Original article: Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | |||||||||
Dear Colleagues,
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) has recently published a working paper entitled “Roadmap to Zero-Carbon Electrification of Africa,” prepared by the CCSI team under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, and with support from the African Natural Resources Centre of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The CCSI study sets out a comprehensive and actionable roadmap for Africa’s zero-carbon energy transformation by 2050, with most advances achieved by 2030. Starting from a simple and transparent model of the annual investment volumes needed to provide continent-wide access to electricity based on renewable sources, it addresses various imperatives and challenges regarding Africa’s energy planning and financing and outlines recommendations for immediate implementation of the strategy from 2022. There are four overarching ideas in its vision for Africa’s energy future:
Open PDF: CCSI-roadmap-zero-carbon-electrification-africa-21585.pdf The CCSI team is grateful for the AfDB's support. The views in this CCSI Working Paper do not necessarily reflect the views of any other organization, including the AfDB. For questions on policies and practices to address the climate emergency and increase access to zero-carbon energy, please contact CCSI's Perrine Toledano (Head: Mining & Energy) or Martin Dietrich Brauch (Senior Legal and Economics Researcher). Copyright © 2022 Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), All rights reserved. |