Green hydrogen and electricity access

Green hydrogen project - Namibia


Carbon credits

Carbon credit projects - The Amazon

UAE deals

Blue Carbon, a company set up by a Dubai royal, inked deals earlier this year with four African governments to manage 24 million hectares of their forests for carbon credits – an area the size of the UK.9 A more recent deal with Kenya adds ‘millions’ more hectares.


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