Environmental Justice conference kicks off in Maputo today

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Environmental Justice conference kicks off in Maputo today

11:28 CAT | 29 May 2018

Maputo today hosts the third international conference on climate justice, entitled “Sowing Envronmental Justice” and promoted by the Justiça Ambiental [Environmental Justice] non-governmental organisation.

The meeting, which runs until Thursday, is aimed at building an “environmental justice movement in Mozambique” with an event where 150 participants will to discuss climate challenges in Africa, with particular emphasis on Mozambique, a statement from the NGO says.

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“The aim is to address issues of energy poverty and lack of access to energy in Africa and elsewhere from the perspective of a low carbon, safe, equitable and democratic development path,” the document details.

“More than 70 percent of the population of Mozambique lives without access to electricity,” the NGO adds, arguing that the expansion of the public network should be discussed alongside with the “climate [justice] of the countries of the North to the countries of the South. We need to talk equity and historical responsibility”.

The annual conferences, bringing together activists, NGO members, academics and government officials and organised by Environmental Justice, have been taking place in Maputo since 2015.

Source: Lusa