Forests store huge amounts of carbon dioxide, and protecting them prevents the planet-warming gas from being released.
Blue Carbon's Africa venture highlights the complexity of delivering on carbon credits, schemes that still lack oversight and are often criticised for offering large polluters a chance to "greenwash" emissions.
20 November 2025
The G20 South Africa 2025 logo. AFP/Emmanuel Croset
South Africa hosts the first G20 summit on African soil this weekend, with a debt crisis strangling many developing countries, at the top of the pile of issues on the table.
19 November 2025