IFC's New Gas Projects Criticized for Impact on Africa

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is facing criticism for its new gas projects in Africa, with opponents arguing that these initiatives promote fossil fuel expansion in the Global South under the guise of development.

13 Mar, 10:00 — 13 Mar, 10:00

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IFC’s new gas projects will destroy Africa

This is a familiar pattern. International financial institutions socialise risk and privatise profit, while invoking development rhetoric to justify fossil fuel expansion in the Global South. Similar projects would be politically untenable in the Global North

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IFC's New Gas Projects Criticized for Impact on Africa

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