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Why banning financing for fossil fuel projects in Africa isn't a climate solution

  • Written by Benjamin Attia, Non-Resident Fellow, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines
Why banning financing for fossil fuel projects in Africa isn't a climate solutionThe majority of the Congolese population doesn't have access to electricity.Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images

Today’s global energy inequities are staggering.

Video gamers in California consume more electricity than entire nations. The average Tanzanian used only one-sixth the electricity consumed by a typical American refrigerator in 2014.

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