Africa: Planting Trees to Remove Carbon Can Harm the Environment – or Protect It – Study Highlights Trade-Offs

Africa: Planting Trees to Remove Carbon Can Harm the Environment – or Protect It – Study Highlights Trade-Offs

Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use and land use changes every year. To achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement, which included a long-term commitment to limit global warming…

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Africa: Planting Trees to Remove Carbon Can Harm the Environment – or Protect It – Study Highlights Trade-Offs

Africa Needs 50 Million New Homes, but Building Is Bad for the Environment – How to Finance ‘Green’ Solutions

The future of housing raises some serious environmental concerns. Construction has been linked to 39% of global carbon emissions, and the concrete industry alone is responsible for 8% of the world’s greenhouse gases. Solutions will be especially useful in Africa, because so much building still needs to be done. The continent’s population is projected to…

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Africa: Planting Trees to Remove Carbon Can Harm the Environment – or Protect It – Study Highlights Trade-Offs

OCP Group’s participation at the Seventh Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7)

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) took place from 8 to 12 December 2025 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme “Advancing Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Planet.” OCP Group joined representatives from governments, international organizations, academia, civil society, and the private sector to…

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Africa: Planting Trees to Remove Carbon Can Harm the Environment – or Protect It – Study Highlights Trade-Offs

Africa: Environment Minister Dion George to Attend Africa Climate Summit

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Dr Dion George, is expected to attend the second Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia this week. The three-day summit is co-convened by the African Union and the Ethiopian government under the theme, Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient and Green Development. “As one of the worst affected…

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