Africa: ‘Carbon theft’ inste • Table.Briefings

Akinwumi Adesina, head of the African Development Bank, calls for a non-„ideological“ focus on renewables.

Foreign companies are paying too little for carbon certificates from Africa, criticizes the head of the African Development Bank.

Foreign companies are paying extremely low prices for carbon sequestration and avoidance on the African continent. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), criticizes in the Financial Times that Africa’s natural capital is widely undervalued.

Africa: ‘Carbon theft’ instead of ‘land theft.’

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