Join us for a webinar series where we highlight investigations into the carbon market and climate finance.
From the Amazon to the Congo Basin to Indonesia’s forests, we will analyze how these tools operate while examining their impact on forests and communities. Featuring Pulitzer Center stories, our discussions will bring together journalists, leaders from environmental and social movements, policymakers, and affected communities. This platform is designed to foster critical conversations on some of the most pressing and emerging issues of our time.
As part of the Pulitzer Center’s Interconnected: Accountability in Carbon Markets and Climate Finance webinar series, this session will examine the true cost of carbon markets in Africa. From questions on carbon credit sovereignty and emissions monitoring to an examination of how local communities benefit from carbon revenues, speakers will explore who really profits from these markets and at what cost to Indigenous and local communities.
The discussion will also highlight policies, opportunities, and lessons that can inform COP30 negotiations on global carbon market governance.
Speakers
Linda Ngari is a Kenyan investigative journalist with Africa Uncensored and a former Pulitzer Center Fellow. She has reported on disinformation, digital rights, and climate change, earning the Michael Elliott and Gaby Rado awards.
Roselyn Fosuah Adjei is director of the Forestry Commission Training Centre in Ghana and a fellow in the Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program. She has nearly 20 years of experience in REDD+, forest governance, and climate policy.
Wanjiru Kiarie is CEO of the Pit to Palace Initiative in Kenya, where she advances community-driven solutions for Africa’s just transition. She works on climate finance and circular economy initiatives and is an incoming participant in Yale's Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program.
Gervais Ludovic Itsoua Madzous is the coordinator of the Economic Community of Central African States' Regional Hub for Climate Action Transparency and vice-chairman of Working Group III, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has over 25 years of experience in forestry, climate, and green finance. He is a former negotiator at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and a member of the Roster of Experts, contributing to the assessment of REDD+ technical annexes and forest reference levels.
Moderator: Afy Malungu is an outreach program manager at the Pulitzer Center, supporting environmental journalism and community engagement across Africa, with a focus on amplifying underreported stories and linking journalism to impact.
