Larry Williams Drive

Africa is planning to tell the world in three months that they want to start drilling for their vast reserves of oil and gas  Never mind the climate, they need the resources. The Guardian is reporting that the leaders of African countries are planning to make the announcement at COP27, the global climate change meeting in November in Egypt.  If they do this, it apparently makes it close to impossible for the world to keep temperature increases to below 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels. But the African leaders reputedly argue that they should be allowed to do what the rest of developed countries have done, and build their nations on the back of fossil fuels. They say if we care so much about the climate then we developed countries should go ahead and take the lead on sharp cuts to our emissions.  This means China, India and Africa are potentially burning way, way more than little old New Zealand could ever reduce. So answer me this: do you really think we’re doing the right thing spending so much m