Tell a friend The recently released report from MoneySuperMarket, a price comparison website in the UK, found most other African countries fared well.
“The new research highlights the individual contribution to the world’s climate as well as highlighting areas for improvement for each country.
The study helps identify the biggest contributors to negative environmental impact, but the results are also surprising, placing five African countries in the top 10 for lowest environmental impact,” the report said.
The report found that almost all Mozambique’s energy came from green, sustainable sources and it produced just 0.14kg of waste per person per day.
Kenyans also ranked well with the third-lowest air pollution rates, while Ghana had the lowest municipal waste level per person (0.09kg per day), compared with Irish citizens who amassed 3.58kg per day.
South Africa ranked as one of the 10 worst countries for its impact on the environment.
“In comparison with other African countries, South Africa came out worst for their human impact on the environment, along with Trinidad and Tobago, the US and China.” The study found that only 1.01% of South Africa’s energy came from green sources, which was second only to Trinidad and Tobago.
David Hallowes, a researcher at environmental justice NGO groundWork, said the country generated most of its electric energy from coal, and made nearly a third of its liquid fuels from coal.
“They don’t say what is or isn’t green energy.
We would dispute that.