In a significant policy move for climate governance, Kenya has become the first country in Africa to roll out a national REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Registry, establishing a transparent, centralized platform to track forest-related emissions reductions and carbon credit generation.
The registry was launched in Nairobi on July 28 by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry in partnership with the United Kingdom and technical partner Conservation International. It is designed to serve as the country’s official system for recording verified reductions in emissions resulting from forest conservation and sustainable land us…
he registry is grounded in provisions of the Climate Change (Amendment) Act, 2023, and Carbon Market Regulations, 2024. It will integrate with Kenya’s broader national carbon accounting framework, including the upcoming National Carbon Registry, and provide a mechanism to prevent duplicate counting of emissions reductions—an issue that has undermined credibility in several voluntary carbon markets.
This launch places Kenya among a small group of nations globally that have implemented a fully operational REDD+ emissions tracking system. The United Kingdom, through UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climat…
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