# The Institute for Security Studies says Africa must be assertive and proactive in its relationships with the European Union and China, in the wake of America’s climate commitment reversals. The continent accounts for 80-percent of the global energy deficit, but received only two-percent of renewable energy investment in 2022. ISS research associate, Dhesigen Naidoo, says a value-add can also be developed by triangulating the Africa-Europe-China partnerships in climate and energy projects. Naidoo says Africa should use the upcoming African Union-EU Summit to promote the continent’s green development ambitions.
Africa stands to benefit from new global climate alliances