The Africa Energy Renaissance Conference (AERC) has opened at #AfricaClimateWeek, a space where African voices are confronting false solutions to the climate crisis. From geoengineering to techno-fixes, speakers are unpacking how these risky experiments shift the burden to future generations, give polluters a license to pollute, and threaten African people and ecosystems. Dean Bhebhe of Power Shift Africa and Mfoniso Xael from @EcoHomef have challenged the convening to reflect on who controls Africa’s future and whether real solutions like cutting emissions will prevail over dangerous shortcuts.