Charting South Africa’s path to high-integrity carbon markets: Leadership, regulation and regional collaboration
Keynote address by Dr Dion George, MP
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Carbon Markets Africa Summit 2025
Distinguished guests,
Esteemed colleagues,
Ladies and gentlemen,
We meet today at a defining moment for our continent and our planet. The world is entering a new chapter of climate action, where ambition must be measured not in words but in results. As we prepare for COP 30 in Belém, Brazil, next month, our responsibility is to translate opportunity into impact and cooperation into tangible progress.
At COP 29 in Baku, we achieved two important outcomes…
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