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Kenya unveils carbon market rule book and caps the overseas sale of carbon credits
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(AP Photo/Henry Naminde, File)FILE - Deborah Mlongo Barasa, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry in Kenya, speaks during the launch of the National Carbon Registry in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 17, 2026.
(AP Photo/Henry Naminde, File)FILE - Deborah Mlongo Barasa, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry in Kenya, speaks during the launch of the National Carbon Registry in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 17, 2026.
(AP Photo/Henry Naminde, File)FILE - Deborah Mlongo Barasa, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry in Kenya, speaks during the launch of the National Carbon Registry in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 17, 2026.
(AP Photo/Henry Naminde, File)NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya has introduced a cap on the amount of carbon emissions credits it will authorize for sale to overseas buyers, unveiling one of Africa’s most detailed rule books for international carbon trading.
“It introduces a national carbon budget for trading to safeguard our Nationally Determined Contribution," or NDC, Environment Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa said.