£1 billion of UK aid to fight climate change in Africa

[solarsavings]

In most parts of the world having a tin roof on your shack makes you rich, from a local viewpoint.

The west spends 59billion on pet food every year, 32billion would provide clean drinking water for the whole of Africa.

If we gave them the 32 billion tomorrow would it be spent on providing clean water?

The trouble with Africa and Africans in general is that they see themselves as victims of an unjust world and or the white man, and expect to be compensated accordingly. While we compensate them they are are unwilling to help themselves and that leaves them dependent on on aid. We have a similar problem here where we now have a second generation of 'victims' that wont work in our inner cities where jobs exist but we have record levels of unemployment.

You don't motivate people by giving. Some need to learn taht.

 

[solarsavings]

paying bin men £50k a year to push wheelie bins around.

Sorry Biggs but you're sounding like GB there, pure fantasy.

 

[1shortcircuit]

My first reaction was wtf? but after thinking about it this is probably quite a strategic move.

Now I don't know the ins and outs but from what I can gather countries have to try to reduce their carbon footprint by xy or z. Perhaps the UK are going to miss their target but can play this as their get out of jail free card? "we missed our target but hey, take no notice of that look at what we did in Africa"

Either way, we could be the richest country in existance but what will it count for if the world does cave in to the global warming effect? It does make perfect sense to spend money on solar in a country that has so many hours of sunlight.

I'd prefer to see money spent in alternative countries on things like this that will benefit the entire world than just hear of cash for food being handed out.

Out of interest, what are the difference in figures? What could a billion of solar produce in terms of energy in Africa v's the same amount here in the UK?

 

[solarsavings]

The west's increase in aid is due to the influence China is beginning to have on that african continent. The west is being upsurpt and are scared ****less.

 

[alarm man]

If we gave them the 32 billion tomorrow would it be spent on providing clean water?

The trouble with Africa and Africans in general is that they see themselves as victims of an unjust world and or the white man, and expect to be compensated accordingly. While we compensate them they are are unwilling to help themselves and that leaves them dependent on on aid. We have a similar problem here where we now have a second generation of 'victims' that wont work in our inner cities where jobs exist but we have record levels of unemployment.

You don't motivate people by giving. Some need to learn taht.

ss is right in a way,the old saying is never more true

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

people need to help themselves,how many billions upon billions has been given to africa and they still cant get their house in order

 

[Marvo]

ss is right in a way,the old saying is never more true

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

people need to help themselves,how many billions upon billions has been given to africa and they still cant get their house in order

The other old saying is also true;
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,teach a man to fish and you ruin a good business opportunity.

 

[alarm man]

The other old saying is also true;
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,teach a man to fish and you ruin a good business opportunity.

too true marvo..

 

[trev]

It would make perfect sense to spend aid money on building massive PV installations in these countries and train their people to maintain them. This would give these people something to export which everyone needs and thus provide them with the ability to help themselves. The only downside I could see is that we in the west could then be held to ransom by our own need to consume what they produce

 

[Earthstore]

Africa has more natural resources that most of the world needs, most are untapped, but who will they supply in the future?
When I had a conversation with someone, lets just say, involved in this giving away money thing, I was informed it is to secure future trade links, Me being Me said "oh a bribe then", that went down well not....
Strange how different we all see things.

Earthstore

 

[moggy1968]

Stick a solar array on an Africans roof and his neighbour will nick it.
Stick in a solar farm and the local dictator will use it to power his palace
it's money down the drain.
I think the above was right about the influence of china in Africa, they are pouring in millions and sending in huge teams, why, because they need the raw materials.
It's the capitalists vs iron curtain all over again

 

[ezzzekiel]

Thankfully, such a narcissistic outlook is not the norm in society although I am frequently surprised by it when it rears it's ugly head.

It was posted to invoke a reaction which it did, the point being you believe your statements and opinions on aid policy to be the right choice, i prefer to invest the billions into my own country where a difference can be made.

" give a man a fish - he'll ask you for the salt"

 

[moggy1968]

nah, chips!!

 

[ezzzekiel]

And maybe a bun

 

[bumcrack]

Africa needs a billion condoms, not a billion quid.

 

[ezzzekiel]

Narcisstic view that, very selfish, save some for this country 