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 rely on external charity. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐. Sovereign Carbon Initiatives offer an innovative mechanism: applying the Polluter Pays Principle to finance public policies aligned with national priorities.
๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti with Sovereign Carbon Agency, has taken action for two years:
โก๏ธ Over 50 projects funded across the country
โก๏ธ Direct impact on schools, health centers, energy solutions, biodiversity conservation
โก๏ธ Tangible contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals United Nations
๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon followed, driven by Agence Gabonaise pour le Dรฉveloppement de l’Economie Verte (AGADEV).
This momentum is made possible thanks to the work of national sovereign carbon agencies and the governance of Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation, which ensures credibility, transparency, and traceability of sovereign carbon registries across the continent.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.
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