Africa > Donors push “exotic” clean cookstoves in Africa instead of valuing carbon projects that work, says envoy

Donors push “exotic” clean cookstoves in Africa instead of valuing carbon projects that work, says envoy

Published 18:13 on April 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:39 on April 22, 2024  / Alejandra Padin-Dujon /  Africa, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Wealthy donor countries are too set on “exotic” carbon projects on the African continent like clean cooking and do not pay enough for more “pragmatic” solutions, according to a Sierra Leonian climate envoy speaking Thursday at the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington DC.
Wealthy donor countries are too set on “exotic” carbon projects on the African continent like clean cooking and do not pay enough for more “pragmatic” solutions, according to a Sierra Leonian climate envoy speaking Thursday at the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington DC.


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