Interview : Paul Sébastien co-founder Africa Carbon Solutions
« 𝐀 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 » I am pleased to a recent interview in AllAfrica Global Media, highlighting the work of the Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation (ASCR Foundation) in promoting a harmonized and standardized model of Sovereign Carbon Initiatives across the continent. Based on the polluter-pays […]
Dr Ibrahim Mayaki joins ASCR Foundation as a Strategic Non-Executive Board Member
Former Prime Minister of Niger (1997–2000), Dr Ibrahim A. Mayaki has been the African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems since 2023. He was previously the CEO of the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA NEPAD: 2009–2022) and led the Rural Hub in Dakar (2004–2009).He also served as Minister of African Integration and Minister of Foreign […]
A Call for Harmonized Sovereign Carbon Initiatives
“𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” – H.E. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, at the Africa Climate Summit 2. Financial Afrik Article The President underlined a simple truth: Africa contributes little to global emissions but faces the harshest impacts of climate change. The […]
Mauritania–Djibouti Cooperation Strengthens Sovereign Carbon Vision
« The Sovereign Carbon Initiative model is an extraordinary opportunity for Mauritania and for Africa » – H.E. Minister of Environment of Mauritania, Messouda Baham Mohamed Laghdaf, at the Africa Climate Summit 2 During the Summit, the Minister of Environment of Mauritania met with her Djiboutian counterpart, H.E. Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem, and Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry […]
ASCR Foundation at Africa Climate Summit 2
(𝐇.𝐄. Ahmed Araita Ali & Paul Sebastien) 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 joins the Africa Climate Summit 2, in Addis-Ababa where African and international leaders are shaping pathways toward climate-resilient futures. On 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟑:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌, 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐇.𝐄. Ahmed Araita Ali, will speak in the […]
Africa’s Sovereign Ecological Transition: ASCR Foundation at TICAD-9
“𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 4% 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑥𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛, 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎-𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.” This is exactly what 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 are achieving with the support of […]
Interview : Ahmed Araita Ali, Secretary General of Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation.
“𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒, 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑.” In this interview, Ahmed Araita Ali, Secretary General of Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation, reflects on the creation and mission of the Foundation. The initiative originates from COP27 in 2022, when the President of the Republic of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar […]
Liberia’s Climate Finance Opportunity Is Closing Fast
“𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭.“ 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟. While Liberia holds 𝟒𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 and 580 km of coastline, natural capital could generate tens of millions of dollars annually, but without a 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐂𝐌𝐀) the country cannot currently […]
Corinne Lepage joins ASCR Foundation as a Strategic Advisor
The Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation is proud to welcome Mrs. Corinne Lepage as a Strategic Advisor. Former French Minister of the Environment and Member of the European Parliament (2009‑2014), Mrs. Lepage has dedicated her career to protecting the environment and strengthening environmental responsibility. She played a key role in promoting the Polluter-Pays principle since the Kyoto […]
Maritime industry resistance against Sovereign Initiatives
le Marin Article Since 2023, Djibouti and since this spring Gabon, have been sovereignly applying the polluter-pays principle to CO₂ 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 initiatives are […]