The government faces urgent calls to reduce the surplus of carbon credits available for purchase by polluters, following a series of unsuccessful auctions in 2023. The Climate Change Commission emphasizes the pressing need for action, highlighting the exacerbation of the issue and its persistence without intervention. Moreover, the Commission underscores the necessity for the government...Read More

In the districts surrounding Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, most people have little idea their villages were at the centre of a multimillion-dollar carbon boom. Punctuated by straw-thatched mud houses, the Miombo woodlands on the edge of the enormous artificial lake are mostly home to smallholder farmers. The gravel roads are full of potholes; cars are infrequent,...Read More