Fadhel Kaboub pushes for a global phase-out of fossil fuels (S02 E01)

"We are currently on track to extract and burn more than twice the amount of fossil fuels that we're allowed to extract and burn by 2030. And as you know, 2030 on the climate clock, that's the day after tomorrow."Our guest on this episode is Fadhel Kaboub, an economist from Tunisia, professor at Denison University, Ohio (on leave), and currently working with Power Shift Africa to focus on climate and development policy work across the continent.Kaboub emphasizes the call for a complete global phase-out of fossil fuels, as proposed by the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.Chapters:(00:00) Introduction Season 2(01:23) Introduction Fadhel Kaboub(02:11) Production Gap Report 2023(04:49) How to get major actors on the table(08:01) Countering the development narrative(13:00) Phase-out of fossil fuels und leapfrogging to renewables(17:14) Pushback by African civil society(19:18) The Nairobi Declaration and global climate funding(23:55) Current green energy projects are no solution for Africa's energy need