Nairobi, May 10 -- In recent years, France and Kenya - like the vast majority of nations - have confronted the geopolitics of energy and the consequences of a global system still dominated by fossil fuels, and exposed to every geopolitical shocks.

Our countries and our continents face high and volatile energy prices, persistent threats to energy security that disproportionately burden the poorest, raise the cost of production, weaken industrial competitiveness, and constrain the public investment needed to build infrastructure, enterprises and jobs.

The current oil and gas crisis threatens our economic development, reduces fiscal and budgetary margins, and endangers the prosperity of billions - particularly in Africa, Asia, Small Island...