UN-backed carbon forum helps Africa profit from greenhouse gas offset scheme
UN-backed carbon forum helps Africa profit from greenhouse gas offset scheme. Three days of deal-making and networking wrapped up in the last few days at the United Nations-backed Africa Carbon Forum in Senegal, aimed at improving the continent’s standing in the global carbon marketplace.Under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), industrialized countries can offset some of their own greenhouse gas emissions to earn certified emission reduction credits.