Photo: Arsene Mpiana / AFPSource: AFPClimate activists protested in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Friday ahead of a climate summit in the city next month. Kinshasa is due to host the pre-COP27 talks in October, before the main summit begins in Egypt in November. Kinshasa is due to host pre-COP27 talks in October, a month before before the main summit opens in Egypt. "The world is transitioning towards 100-percent renewable energy," she said, adding that drilling for oil is environmentally destructive. The DR Congo government has ignored warnings that drilling in the nation's vast peatlands and forests could release huge volumes of carbon dioxide.

Source: Daily Nation September 24, 2022 03:43 UTC