South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said non-governmental organizations funded by US philanthropic groups are stifling economic development.
“Climate change standards are set by the developed nations and imposed on the developing nations,” Mantashe said at an oil conference in Cape Town on Tuesday. Mantashe’s remarks follow President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments at the United Nations castigating industrialized nations for not honouring a 2009 commitment to provide $100 billion a year in climate finance.
Mantashe said US funding was behind the nonprofits opposed to oil exploration, adding that many organizations are funded by the Ford Foundation and George Soros Foundation.
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