Media Monitoring, Tuesday 5 September

African leaders at odds over climate plans as crucial Nairobi summit opens, Investment pours into Africa’s voluntary carbon market on first day of climate summit, Kenya-based carbon trading platform launches with 2-Mt deal

African leaders at odds over climate plans as crucial Nairobi summit opens (The Guardian)

African climate summit: the draft final declaration under fire from critics (Le Monde)

Dollars, deals and thousands of delegates: Day one at the Africa Climate Summit (High-Level Climate Champions)

Hundreds of millions pledged for African carbon credits at inaugural climate summit (Daily Maverick)

Investment pours into Africa’s voluntary carbon market on first day of climate summit (Carbon Pulse)

Kenya-based carbon trading platform launches with 2-Mt deal (Carbon Pulse)

Africa Needs More Than $100 Billion a Year for Climate Adaptation, Study Shows (Bloomberg)

Cookstove project developers challenge academics’ over-crediting claims (Carbon Pulse)

Kenyan President urges African countries to join new partnership to boost renewable energy (Carbon Pulse)

The Moroccan Institute of Strategic Intelligence publishes a strategic analysis entitled 'Green Hydrogen in Morocco: Challenges and Opportunities for the Cherifian Kingdom'(EcoActu)

Clean Energy Projects Are Booming Everywhere. Except in Poor Nations (NY Times)

African Climate Summit: An opportunity to decolonise Africa’s energy (Al Jazeera)

Africa climate summit is about growth 'with dignity' (BBC)

Activists demonstrate against Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi (Africa News)

New UK projects tackling climate change in Africa a drop in the ocean, experts say (The National News)

Africa’s farmers are innovating – how can we give them more support? (African Business)

Africa Climate Summit: Time to shake off colonial legacy and shape up our green pan-African future (Greenpeace)

Africa endures more severe warming than elsewhere, posing risk of conflict (Zawya)

What options do African nations have to finance climate, nature? (Zawya)

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