The United States retires from the Alliance for Justa Energy Transition (Jetp), a collaboration between the richest nations to help developing countries to transition from coal to a cleaner energy, several sources said in the main participating countries.
The Jetp, which consists of 10 donors, became known for the first time in conversations about the UN climate in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021.
Subsequently, it was announced that South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam and Senegal would be the first loans, financial guarantees and subsidies to get away from coal.
Joanne Yawitch, head of the Management Unit of the Fair Energy Transition Project in South Africa, said Wednesday that the United States had communicated its withdrawal from the plan there.
In Vietnam, two foreign officials with direct knowledge of the matter said that Washington was retiring from Jetp in the country, and one of them said that the United States was also leaving all Jetp programs, including Indonesia.
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Another source familiar with the matter said that the United States had retired from Jetp in Indonesia and South Africa.
“The United States has informed us of its withdrawal,” said another source from the South Africa Donor Group.
“There is a significant amount of available financing and the International Partners Group remains fully committed to support South Africa to comply with its fair energy transition through the association,” said the person.
Since President Donald Trump returned to power in January, Washington has cut foreign aid and defended the development of fossil fuels.
The United States Department of State did not immediately respond to a request for comments. The sources refused to be identified because they were not authorized to talk about the matter.
The United States commitments for Indonesia and Vietnam exceeded 3,000 million dollars in total, mainly through commercial loans, while in South Africa the commitment was 1,063 million dollars of the 11.6 billion promised for the country.
With Reuters information
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