A Harmonized Sovereign Carbon Initiative
โ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โย โ H.E. Ismaรฏl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, at the Africa Climate Summit 2. The President underlined a simple truth: Africa contributes little to global emissions but faces the harshest impacts of climate
ASCR Foundation at Africa Climate Summit 2
(๐.๐. Ahmed Araita Ali & Paul Sebastien) ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง joins the Africa Climate Summit 2, in Addis-Ababa where African and international leaders are shaping pathways toward climate-resilient futures. On ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐:๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐:๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐.๐. Ahmed Araita
Africaโs Sovereign Ecological Transition: ASCR Foundation at TICAD-9
โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ 4% ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐ฆ๐๐ก ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก. ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค. ๐ต๐ข๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก, ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ . ๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐คโ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐ .โ This is exactly what ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ are
Liberiaโs Climate Finance Opportunity Is Closing Fast
โ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ.โ ๐น๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. While Liberia holds ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ and 580 km of coastline, natural capital could generate tens of millions of dollars annually, but without a ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
Corinne Lepage joins ASCR Foundation as a Strategic Advisor
The Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation is proud to welcome Mrs. Corinne Lepage asย aย Strategic Advisor. Former French Minister of the Environment and Member of the European Parliament (2009โ2014), Mrs. Lepage has dedicated her career to protecting the environment and strengthening environmental responsibility. She played a key role in promoting the
Le Marin
Since 2023, Djibouti and since this spring Gabon, have been sovereignly applying the polluter-pays principle to COโ emissions from vessels calling at their ports. These Sovereign Carbon Initiatives apply carbon accounting standards defined by the industry and internationally recognized. They are governed by Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation. Yet, these
Financial Afrik
In a context of growing pressure on emerging climate mechanisms, Ahmed Araita Ali, Secretary General of the Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation, clearly asserts the legitimacy of sovereign carbon contributions. ๐๏ธ In an exclusive interview with Financial Afrik, he states:โWe are indeed facing a double discourse from the industry, which
In La Tribune, Corinne Lepage
Lawyer and former French Minister of the Environment, highlights ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก. The time has come for sovereign approaches, tailored to local realities and aligned with international standards.๐ก ยซ The need to find financing solutions is becoming ever more urgent. It
๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ +๐.๐๐ยฐ๐
Surpassing the +1.5ยฐC limit set by the Paris Agreement marks a historic rupture: climate change is no longer a future projection but a lived reality. In Africa, prolonged droughts, food insecurity, population displacement, and ecosystem collapse are intensifying, even though the continent is responsible for only a tiny fraction of
๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Morocco has launched the Green Assets Cluster, led by Casablanca Finance City, to position the country as a hub for voluntary carbon markets and climate finance in Africa. ๐ A timely and strategic initiative. The development of carbon markets on the continent requires greater access to finance for project developers,
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐
In 2024, $6.5 billion in U.S. humanitarian aid was delivered to Africa. In total, 5,200 contracts were cancelled, 83% of USAIDโs portfolio, leaving millions of beneficiaries without support. ๐ Health, food security, education, infrastructure: entire communities are now left vulnerable. In the face of this gap, Africa can no longer