DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 20 -- EAST African countries, particularly Uganda and Tanzania and the European Union were at loggerheads just a few weeks ago.

This time, the disagreement was not over the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), but the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

Climate change became a buzzword for nearly everyone who commented on the matter. Coincidentally, the debate revived an argument that had emerged about three years earlier.

In 2019, the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25), one of the largest global gatherings on climate change, was held in Madrid, Spain, from December 2 to 13.

The meeting followed the 2015 Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting global temperature rises to well below 2 degrees Celsius...