French President Francois Hollande has said that France will give African countries two billion euros ($2.1 billion) over the next four years to develop renewable energy and replace climate-harming fossil fuels.
“France will devote six billion euros between 2016 and 2020 for electricity provision on the continent” of Africa, he said on the sidelines of a UN climate conference in the outskirts of Paris. “Two billion euros will be spent on renewable energy.”