Africa Can Figure Out Their Climate Policy, Tshabalala Says

African nations have the “right and urgent duty” to develop their natural resources and economies to improve the lives of the continent’s inhabitants, according to Standard Bank Group Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state=”{“_id”:”0000018b-5948-d53f-a1eb-7d4d67240001″,”_type”:”00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003″}”>Sim Tshabalala-bsp-person>.

“To argue that the poorest African countries should be prevented by externally imposed rules from using their non-renewable resources raises questions about where people who think like this stand on human rights and human development,” Tshabalala said in an opinion piece in South Africa’s Business Live. “To the contrary, the poorest countries should be able to borrow for, and invest in, almost all forms of energy …