{"id":7426,"date":"2026-04-29T21:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7426"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:00:56","slug":"african-oil-producers-defend-need-to-drill-at-fossil-fuel-exit-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7426","title":{"rendered":"African oil producers defend need to drill at fossil fuel exit talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>Climate activists have called for a rapid exit from oil and gas during the first conference on breaking fossil fuel reliance, in Santa Marta, Colombia &#8211; Copyright AFP\/File Raul ARBOLEDA<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oil-rich African nations at global fossil fuel phaseout talks in Colombia said Wednesday they would keep drilling to support economic growth, highlighting tensions between climate and fiscal realities for developing producers.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers and envoys from nearly 60 nations are meeting in Santa Marta, a city on the Caribbean coast, for the first-ever global conference on transitioning the world away from planet-heating oil, gas and coal.<\/p>\n<p>The conference has unfolded as oil prices surged Wednesday to their highest level since early 2022, deepening fears over global energy security and underlining risks to fossil fuel reliance as the Iran war drags on.<\/p>\n<p>But this is particularly difficult for developing producers highly reliant on fossil fuel revenue \u2014 a message some in Santa Marta have been echoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot phasing out \u2014 phase down. That is the message,\u201d Onuoha Magnus Chidi, an adviser to Nigeria\u2019s regional development minister, told AFP in Santa Marta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are phasing down, and we are saying that there should be early planning\u2026 It must be fair to all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chidi said winding down fossil fuels would take time in Nigeria, the world\u2019s sixth most populous country and boasting some of Africa\u2019s largest oil and gas reserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are going to lose their jobs\u2026 How are you trying to re-engage them in other sectors?\u201d he said, stressing the need for debt reform and other financial assistance to make that change possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Our right\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Senegal struck a similar tone, balancing climate and development priorities after relatively recent offshore oil and gas discoveries in the West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully aware of the global challenges that require a transition,\u201d Serigne Momar Sarr, a technical adviser at Senegal\u2019s environment ministry and its sole representative at the conference, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we wish to assert is our right to development, exercised with full responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarr said Africa accounted for just a fraction of global emissions and said Senegal would pursue a strategy of using gas for power, industry and exports while gradually shifting to cleaner energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are making this transition at the same time as our extractive activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The conference was convened after frustration with the UN climate talks, where efforts to tackle fossil fuel use \u2014 the main driver of global warming \u2014 have stalled.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s biggest producers of oil, coal and gas\u00a0\u2014 the United States, China, Saudi Arabia and Russia \u2014 did not attend, nor did oil-rich Gulf states.<\/p>\n<p>While the gathering is not expected to produce binding commitments, organizers hope it will set out concrete proposals for countries willing to accelerate a managed decline of fossil fuel use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach economy has different circumstances,\u201d Spain\u2019s Climate Minister Sara Aagesen told AFP.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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