Coordinated by Ruy Blanes of the University of Gothenburg and Euclides Gonçalves do Kaleidoscopio, the research project entitled Gas Gospels: Un/Sustainable Development and Environmental Risk in Mozambique explores the tension between the high potential of the extractive industry in Mozambique. in particular liquefied natural gas and hydrocarbons and Objectives 7 and 13 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
The research will focus on how government institutions, aid and development agencies, civil society organizations and the private sector engage in these local and global debates. The research team includes Lisa Åkesson and Ana Rodrigues Vasse of the University of Gothenburg and Bjørn Bertelsen of the University of Bergen. The project will be based on field research in regions of the country where the intersection of environmental disasters and extractive projects is more visible.
