BRICS Summit: Environmental groups protest for eco-friendly projects
Environmental groups have urged the BRICS group of nations to do more to confront the climate crisis.
Several NGOs, including The Green Connection and Earthlife Africa, took to the streets of Sandton on Wednesday to protest the continued use of fossil fuels - especially by China.
Earthlife Africa's Makoma Lekalakala says African communities are bearing the brunt of non-renewable energy projects.
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Lekalakala says the agreement between South Africa and China on the development of a heavy industrial site in northern Limpopo is one such example.
She says the coal-fuelled mega-project ignores the severe impact it will have on water security and the climate.
"We are urging them to take consideration that a just transition to a low carbon future is what is needed and is needed now."
Kholwane Simelane, who's with The Green Connection, says other African countries are negatively impacted by the East African Crude oil pipeline.
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Uganda and Tanzania have approved the five billion dollar construction project.
"We are The Green Connection stand in solidarity with communities of Tanzania and Uganda on the fight against EACOP. We continue to oppose Total Energies within South African oceans, we will continue to oppose any projects proposed that will be harmful to the people's livelihoods, well-being and the environment."
