The Independent, a news site out of Southern Utah, ran an article recently titled "Fight Climate Change, Ignore the Poor," in which writer Howard Sierer claims climate change activism neglects the needs of the poor in favor of their preferred policy goals.
"Climate Change activists try to paper over these realities by arguing that poverty and climate change are inextricably linked," Sierer continues, noting that time and again studies have shown "Spending on core development priorities would help much more and much faster per dollar spent than applying funds to climate."
In the Climate Realism post, "Wrong, BBC, the Popular Kenyan Farmer Is Right, There Is No Climate Emergency, Africa Does Need Fossil Fuels," I take a look at one farmer who has been leading the fight for energy access in his community.
The climate activists at the BBC attempted to write a hit piece on him in an attempt to drive attention away from the real issues Kenyan subsistence farmers are facing, and the realistic solutions to their problems.
The indoor burning of wood, dung, and crop waste produces poor indoor air quality and results lung and heart ailments - leading causes of death in poor countries.
The poor of Africa and in other impoverished, energy-starved areas around the world are not clamoring for decarbonization, they are asking for reliable energy and the products and services and infrastructure it makes possible.
Sierer's analysis hits the nail on the head that climate activism is more likely to be harming the world's poor rather than helping them.
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