COVID-19 and the 'Great Reset': Responding to Energy Transition and Sustainable Development Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
Article from: OGEL 5 (2021), in Energy Transition
Abstract
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly impacted economies, disrupted energy markets, and catalysed the pace of the energy transition with more ambitious `green growth' initiatives being announced by several countries and regions. In the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) context, the pandemic has exacerbated the fragility of its economies, causing the region's first recession in many decades and its largest economic contraction on record. This article critically analyses what the energy transition means for developing Sub-Saharan Africa's energy and extractives industry - ...