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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

African nations expected to make case for big rise in fossil fuel output

the Nigeria LNG plant on Bonny Island in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta
African countries are moving towards a common position that they need to expand fossil fuel production to meet their energy needs. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images

Leaders of African countries are likely to use the next UN climate summit in November to push for massive new investment in fossil fuels in Africa, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

New exploration for gas, and the exploitation of Africa’s vast reserves of oil, would make it close to impossible for the world to limit global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

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