The Dash for Congo Gas

Africa's natural gas, if extracted and burnt, would wipe out the Congo Basin rainforests (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/dash-african-gas-wipe-out-congo-basin-rainforests). This would, not only completely negate attempts to reduce 'greenhouse gas' emissions elsewhere, it would remove one of the planet's major carbon sinks. it is, however, hardly surprising that African nations are tempted to extract and burn the gas. This is especially the case when signals from Cop27 suggest that rich developed nations seem averse to using any of the poorer nations heavily impacted by climate change. Many, developed nations, indeed, seem to be using the energy cost crisis, to carry on extracting coal, oil and gas. African nations currently add little to 'greenhouse gas' emissions but are experiencing some of the worst consequences of climate change.