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Spekboom, a hardy, unassuming succulent shrub, has become one of the country’s most quietly powerful climate allies. (Imperative)
ALBANY THICKET

Spekboom restoration at centre of $120m World Bank climate bond

The World Bank has priced a $120m spekboom restoration bond in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, linking investor returns to ecosystem recovery

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Uncertainty still surrounds the Kariba REDD+ forest conservation project, which provides sustainable livelihood opportunities for poor communities in northern Zimbabwe. (Substack)
AFRICA

Fate of Zimbabwe’s Kariba REDD+ forest conservation project hangs in the balance

Kariba REDD+ has been prevented from trading after allegations of mismanagement and corruption

  • Lenin Ndebele
3 min read
Fadhel Kaboub, a senior adviser at think tank Power Shift Africa.
CARBON MARKETS

Unified African voice needed at COP29

The continent must also ignore the dangled carrot of small bits of money for carbon forests or just transitions, said Fadhel Kaboub, a senior adviser at Power Shift Africa

  • Ozayr Patel
5 min read
Common goal: The first Africa climate summit held in Nairobi, Kenya, was hosted by President William Ruto who said ‘climate action is not a global north issue or a global south issue but rather a collective challenge, and it affects all of us’. Photo: Andrew Kasuku/Getty Images
AFRICA

Carbon credits a controversial topic at Africa climate summit

The carbon market: a potential planet saver or greenwashing that gives polluting companies an opportunity to evade reducing their emissions?

  • Ozayr Patel
5 min read
Overuse: The Lokoli Forest in Benin, where 40% of the population live in poverty, is under threat: Photo: Yanick Folly/AFP/Getty Images
ARTICLE 16

Carbon offset is greenwashing, critics say

A marine conservation funding facility wants carbon trading to finance restoration and protection of the oceans and marine biodiversity

  • Tunicia Phillips
4 min read
The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters . (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
ADAPTATION FINANCE

Critical climate change talks raise the pressure for COP26

The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters

  • Tunicia Phillips
4 min read