Kenya Carbon Markets Conference

Anzetse Were speaks at the inaugural Kenya Carbon Markets Conference organised by The Office of the Special Climate Envoy in the Executive Office of the President of Kenya. The panel focused on Carbon Pricing and The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

Bottom picture L to R: Faten Aggad (Senior Advisor on Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics at the African Climate Foundation); James Mwangi (CEO/Founder, Africa Climate Ventures and Climate Action Platform for Africa); Mbithe Muema (Chief Business Officer, NSE) and Paul Muthaura (CEO, Africa Carbon Markets Initiative)

She provided insight on the factors African governments are balancing as they consider different approaches to carbon pricing in the context of both voluntary and compliance carbon markets.

She also outlined factors that African governments continue to address to ensure carbon markets contribute to national development priorities such as increasing preparedness, improving internal coordination and taking steps towards sectoral alignment with priorities such as green industrialisation.