Africa is being targeted by various actors to advance some of the most controversial technologies ever conceived, Geoengineering is one of such awful technologies. We see geoengineering proponents increasingly attempting to normalize geoengineering and confusing the public debate while attempting to take advantage of African policymakers before they are fully informed.
As Africans, we reject the narrative that Africa should be at the forefront of geoengineering research and recognize this as a neo-colonial effort to co-opt African countries into supporting an agenda that is fundamentally against our interests.
To arm Africans with relevant knowledge on Geoengineering to enable them (especially policy makers) to make decisions and stand to reject this technology in favor of Africa and African people, the HOME Alliance Africa working group has produced this very detailed policy brief. Read more