Egypt has launched its first regulated voluntary carbon market for registering, issuing, and trading carbon reduction certificates, a significant step towards achieving economic and environmental sustainability, according to Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning and Economic Development. Al-Mashat, speaking at a conference announcing the completion of regulatory frameworks for carbon reduction projects at the Financial Regulatory...Read More

Across Africa, carbon markets are emerging as a powerful tool to combat climate change. These markets entail translating volumes of carbon dioxide reduced through mitigation measures into tradable carbon credits — a valuable commodity that countries, companies and individuals can sell and purchase to offset their emissions. A promising tool, but with challenges In simple...Read More