Oil and gas firms warn against divestment
Some major energy players criticise western governments' solutions to global energy challenges, and argue a stable supply of oil and gas will safeguard the world from crisis.
As world leaders gather at the United Nations, some oil and gas firms are criticising how western governments have dealt with energy challenges. We ask CEO of Crescent Petroleum, Majid Jafar, what impact these solutions could have on the global supply of energy.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won鈥檛 be at the UN 鈥� he鈥檚 back in his country where homes and businesses are facing power cuts, while the state's main energy firm tries to control power usage in the face of dwindling supplies. We ask Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist at South African finance firm Efficient Group how this has happened.
Sierra Leone鈥檚 Minister of Education tells us about a new $1 billion commitment to education spending over the next five years, with the aim of it making it more than a fifth of the country鈥檚 annual budget.
We also hear from Andy Xie, an independent economist in Shanghai, where the Chinese government has unveiled more than $250 billion of infrastructure spending.
(Picture: UN Secretary General Ant贸nio Guterres. Credit: Getty Images)
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