Financial Afrik Article
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.
🎙️ In an exclusive interview with Financial Afrik, he states:
“We are indeed facing a double discourse from the industry, which on the international stage communicates its commitment to decarbonisation (…) but locally, denies the legitimacy of African countries to establish their own sovereign solutions, modeled on mechanisms that are widely accepted across the so-called ‘developed’ world. An approach that could be considered post-colonialist.”
Gabon (2025) and Djibouti (2023) are the first two African states to have implemented sovereign initiatives for the collection of carbon contributions from the maritime transport sector, in line with the polluter-pays principle as enshrined in the Paris Agreement (Article 6.8b).
👉 This movement represents a strategic opportunity for Africa to fully exercise its climate sovereignty. 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝.