Carbon Markets
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Behind Kenya’s Carbon Exchange Is a Much Bigger Market Story
Kenya’s planned Kenya carbon exchange is about far more than creating a marketplace for carbon credits. It represents the final layer of a framework that has steadily brought project approvals, carbon accounting, regulation and climate finance under domestic institutions. If the Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFC), Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) meet their target of launching…
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FarmCarbon Closes $53 Million to Bring Climate Finance to Smallholder Farmers Across Africa and Asia
A new climate finance vehicle designed to put clean energy technology in the hands of smallholder farmers has closed its first round of funding, marking one of the most ambitious attempts yet to channel institutional capital into agricultural methane reduction in the developing world. Sistema.bio announced on March 17 that it had closed $53 million in initial funding for FarmCarbon,…
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Senate Reviews Landmark Climate Regulations Targeting Non-Market Approaches
Kenya has taken a significant step toward strengthening its climate governance framework, with new regulations under the Climate Change Act presented before the Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation for parliamentary scrutiny. Cabinet Secretary for Environment Debora Barasa appeared before the Committee to outline the Climate Change (Non-Market Approaches) Regulations, 2026, published as Legal Notice No. 8, which aim to expand Kenya’s…
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Kenya Enforces 40% Benefit-Sharing Rule in Carbon Markets
The cowboy era of unregulated carbon trading in Africa has officially met its match in Nairobi. Following a series of high-profile legal battles and international scrutiny, the Kenyan government has begun strict enforcement of the Climate Change (Carbon Markets) Regulations 2024, fundamentally shifting the power balance between global project developers and local communities. At the heart of the new enforcement…
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