Ua pane ʻia ke kāhea ʻana o ʻApelika no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ikehu kūpono ma o ka manaʻo ʻāina ʻo ʻEulopa e hoʻopaʻa inoa i ke kinoea maoli ma ke ʻano he kumu ikehu 'ōmaʻomaʻo'. ʻO ka mōʻaukala, ua hakakā mau ʻo ʻApelika no ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana no ka mea ʻike mākou, ma ka lima mua, nā hopena pōʻino e hiki ai i nā loli liʻiliʻi o ke aniau ke loaʻa i ka ʻāina a me kona mau heluna kanaka. Akā no ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana, pono ʻo ʻApelika e hana mua iā ia iho. Pono e loaʻa nā manawa like me ʻEulopa a me nā ʻāina komohana ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka manaʻo o ke kinoea kūlohelohe he kumu hoʻololi o ka ikehu, ʻo ia ka mea i hāpai ʻia e nā lāhui ʻApelika no ka manawa lōʻihi a no laila, ua haʻi ka African Energy Chamber i ka manaʻo o ka EU ma ke ʻano he hoʻomohala ʻāina e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kahi manaʻo maikaʻi no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ikehu inclusive.
Ua pilikia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ikehu e lawe mai i nā kulekele e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka lako ikehu o ʻApelika. ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o kēia manawa mai The West e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā ʻōnaehana ikehu maʻemaʻe a hiki i kēia manawa ke kūʻokoʻa i ka ʻike ʻana he ʻokoʻa paha ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano a me ka manawa mai kahi ʻāina a i kekahi. Ma ke kaohi ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā kumu ikehu, e like me ke kinoea, ua kū ʻo ʻApelika i ka manawa e waiho ʻia ma hope i ka wā o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ikehu, he mea kūʻē a hoʻihoʻi.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou ko mākou kū'ē'ē me ko mākou mau hoa Europa, akā naʻe, aia mau ke kūkākūkā maikaʻi, ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona me nā mea hana kulekeleʻEulopa. Ua hoʻolohe lākou, hana, a hoʻokuʻu iā mākou e hana i ka hihia no ka LNG haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ʻApelika a he mea koʻikoʻi kēia mau kūkākūkā i ka ʻike ʻana iā mākou e ʻike maka-a-maka i ke kinoea, nui nā hana e pono e hana ʻia e hoʻokō ʻia kēia. ” wahi a NJ Ayuk, Luna Hoomalu o ka Keʻena Energy ʻApelika, ka mea i hoʻohui, "Pono e hooki ka demonization o ka ʻoihana kinoea o ʻApelika, a pono e komo nā hoʻopukapuka i ka ʻāpana. ʻOiai mākou e hoʻomau nei i kēia hoʻopaʻa ʻana, he mea nui ka ʻoihana ʻaila a me ke kinoea e kālele ana i kāna hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka hōʻemi hou ʻana i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona i loko o ke kaulahao waiwai kinoea. ʻO ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau a me ka hana ʻana i ka mōʻaukala ilihune ikehu e koi ai ʻo ʻApelika e hoʻonui i ke kinoea i loko o kāna hui ʻana o ka ikehu, e hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi manawa hakakā e hōʻemi i ka wāwae kalapona o ka ʻāina, ʻoiai aia mākou ma lalo o 4% o nā hoʻokuʻu honua.
Aferika ke alo nei i nā pilikia kū hoʻokahi a pono e ʻae ʻia e hoʻololi i kona ikehu ponoʻī e like me kona pono ponoʻī. ʻO ka manaʻo e hoʻopaʻa inoa i ke kinoea maoli ma ke ʻano he ''ōmaʻomaʻo' ikehu ke ʻano o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ikehu pono, a i kēia manawa, pono mākou e kālā. No ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia, ʻo ka African Green Energy Summit, e mālama ʻia ma ka African Energy Week i kēia makahiki, e wehewehe pono i nā hana a me nā kūlana ma mua o ka COP27 o kēia makahiki.
I kēia manawa, i ka wanaʻao o ka makahiki hou, ʻEulopa a Aferika hiki ke hana like a hana like a hoʻoikaika i ke kūpaʻa i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hiki i nā ʻāina ʻelua ke hoʻokaʻawale i kā lākou ʻokoʻa a hoʻoikaika pū i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau, e hoʻokaʻawale i ke ala no kahi ala hou i ka ʻoihana ikehu o ʻApelika, kahi e lawelawe nei i ka honua holoʻokoʻa a me kona poʻe a pau e kūʻē i ka poʻe pōmaikaʻi. Inā hoʻihoʻi ka hapa nui o nā lālā o EU i ka noi, a laila e lilo ia i kānāwai mai 2023, kahi i manaʻo ai ka African Energy Chamber e kōkua i ka US e ʻike i ke kinoea kūlohelohe he wahie maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻole naʻe ia ma lalo o nā hoʻolālā mana maʻemaʻe o ka Biden Administration.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- They listened, worked, and let us make the case for Africa's low-carbon LNG and these discussions have been critical in getting us to see eye-to-eye on gas, a lot of work still needs to be done to make this a reality” stated NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, who added, “The demonization of Africa's gas industry needs to stop, and investments need to come into the sector.
- The point that natural gas serves as a transitional energy source is one that has been promoted by African nations for a long time and therefore, the African Energy Chamber hails the EU's proposal as a landmark development that justifies a positive outlook for an inclusive energy transition.
- The two continents can set aside their differences and strive towards sustainable development together, paving the way for a new approach to Africa's energy industry, one that serves the whole world and all its people as opposed to a privileged few.
