Africa: UN Official Sees Potential of Sino-Africa Cooperation On Renewable Energy

Harare — There is huge potential for China and Africa to collaborate in the development of renewable energy sources as the continent steps up efforts to cope with climate change, a senior official with a UN agency has said.

Africa had become increasingly vulnerable to climate change and there was need for the continent to adapt to global warming and ensure energy security through accelerated investment in renewable energy, said Fatima Denton, a director of special initiatives division in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

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