In a northeastern corner of Namibia, on the borders of Angola and Botswana, a Canadian oil company called ReconAfrica has secured the rights to explore what it believes could be the next — and perhaps even the last — giant onshore oil find. It potentially contains 12 billion barrels of oil and could be worth billions of dollars. Supporters of drilling say the find could transform the fortunes of Namibia and Botswana, and that the countries have every right to exploit their own natural resources. But multiple projections show that as the planet warms, these regions will warm twice as fast.
