APPO chief urges African unity against EU carbon tax
Oil and Gas News|November 2024
DR Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO), delivered a powerful message at the AOW - Investing in African Energy conference, calling for a unified African front in the global energy landscape and warning against the detrimental effects of the European Union's planned carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).
APPO chief urges African unity against EU carbon tax

He announced significant progress on the African Energy Bank, which aims to counter the withdrawal of traditional financiers from African oil and gas projects due to climate change concerns.

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