News and explainers from the team building the carbon intelligence infrastructure of Africa.

The European deforestation regulation applies in five months. For Ivorian cocoa, the stakes are existential: two-thirds of exports depend on a single text. Here is what the sector must do before December 2026.

For a long time, polluting was free. A factory could release CO₂ into the air without ever paying for the harm caused to the rest of society. The carbon market was created to fix exactly that. Here are its main principles, explained simply.