US EditionKenya launches a carbon registry to boost climate finance and credibility
The registry integrates forestry projects and aims to prevent double counting, with over 80 project proposals submitted, boosting Kenya's role in global carbon markets.
- On Feb. 17, 2026, Kenya unveiled the National Carbon Registry in Nairobi to centralize carbon-credit registration, track emissions reductions, and authorize credit transfers.
- Facing criticism over oversight, weak oversight, inflated claims and poor benefit‑sharing eroded confidence in offset programs, prompting a unified national system following amendments to the Climate Change Act and new regulations aligned with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
- The registry bundles a forestry carbon registry launched last year to support Kenya's national tree‑growing program, backed by Germany's GIZ with 2.4 million euros and over 80 concept notes from developers and investors.
- Officials say the system provides a transparent national accounting ledger, with Ali Mohamed adding `This registry becomes the backbone of an efficient market,` and Deborah Mlongo emphasizing it signals confidence to investors and the international community.
- In a regional context, observers say it forms part of efforts to build African institutions that can attract climate finance while protecting Africa's carbon sinks, as developing countries seek more market share under the Paris Agreement.
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Kenya launches a carbon registry to boost climate finance and credibility
Kenya has launched its first national carbon registry, a centralized system to track carbon credit projects, prevent double counting and strengthen transparency in climate markets.
Kenya unveils National Carbon Registry to strengthen climate market transparency
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 18 — Kenya has unveiled the Kenya National Carbon Registry, a digital platform designed to enhance transparency, accountability and credibility in the country’s climate action and participation in international carbon markets. Speaking during the official launch on Tuesday, Environment Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa described the Registry as a historic milestone in Kenya’s green transition, saying the country’s climate ambi…
Kenya launches national carbon registry to anchor article 6 climate trading - African Sustainability Matters
Kenya has formally launched its National Carbon Registry, marking the country’s transition from policy design to full operational entry into global carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The Kenya National Carbon Registry (KNCR), unveiled in Nairobi on February 17, is designed to serve as the country’s central digital platform for tracking carbon credit projects, verifying emissions reductions and authorising transfers of credits…
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