Nairobi Declaration set the right tone for Africa’s renewable energy dream

The Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi delivered a major boost for the continent's sustainable development ambitions by pledging to increase renewable energy generation from the current 56 GW to 300 GW by 2030 and push the international community to inject 20 percent of the $3 trillion global renewable war chest into Africa’s energy projects.

But it is the resolve to focus Africa’s development plans on climate-positive growth, including expansion of just energy transitions and renewable energy generation for industrial activity, and restorative agricultural practices, that was the real win of the Nairobi Declaration.