London Mining Network (LMN), Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) are delighted to host the UK premier of ‘The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa’. The documentary, produced by CEO, exposes the impacts of Europe’s scramble to import green hydrogen on the lives and livelihoods of local communities across South Africa, and raises the voices of those fighting back.
The UK has made green hydrogen a cornerstone of its energy strategy, aiming for an eye watering 10GW of green hydrogen production capacity by 2030, two and a half times current global production levels. Over £2 billion in funding has been committed for projects in Bradford, Barrow, Teesside and beyond.
Yet the UK’s hydrogen rush relies on platinum group metals overwhelmingly imported by British mining giant Anglo American from South Africa and Zimbabwe, driving displacement, water scarcity and energy poverty.
We will be joined by campaigners in South Africa and the UK resisting the hydrogen rush for a discussion following the film, to discuss whether green hydrogen is really the silver-bullet solution to the climate crisis it has been sold as, and who really benefits from green hydrogen expansion plans.
We will be joined by:
Yegeshni Moodley: Yegeshni is a Senior Climate and Energy Campaigner at groundWork South Africa.
Pascoe Sabido: Pascoe is a researcher and campaigner at Corporate Europe Observatory in the climate justice team.
More to be announced soon!
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