AU warns weak carbon market rules could fuel greenwashing
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AU warns weak carbon market rules could fuel greenwashing

Kingsley Webora TANKEH
Published July 13, 20263 min read

The African Union’s (AU) agriculture and environment commissioner has cautioned that Africa’s carbon markets could become a vehicle for “greenwashing” by heavy-emitting nations if African countries do not exact rigorous governance frameworks which guarantee benefit-sharing with indigenous and local communities.

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