This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the economics, law and governance of carbon pricing in Africa. It explores carbon trading in Africa and sets the agenda for its adoption through robust economic policies, effective governance, contextualised policies and regulations. The specific challenges to carbon trading in Africa, the market mechanisms, laws and regulatory policies required to foster sustainable development within the continent are highlighted, with a particular focus on the energy, manufacturing and forestry sectors. The economic context underpinning carbon trading, the inclusion of Africa within global carbon trading schemes, forestry economics, the legal requirements of carbon trading, and the political economy of carbon pricing are also discussed.

This book offers a practical framework for emission trading and the green transition within Africa, which brings together ideas and approaches from across economics, law, and finance. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in environmental and development economics.

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Dr Obindah Gershon is Chair of the Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research, Covenant University. He is an Associate Professor of Energy and Sustainability Economics in Covenant University, as well as a Visiting Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). He also Consults for ERERA and other firms. Dr Ayodele Asekomeh is Principal Lecturer and Head of Finance Subject Group, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University. A multiple Chartered Accountant with Big-4 experience, his work considers the interactions and discourses among stakeholders on financing, accountability, governance, sustainability and risk in the energy and extractive industries in the context of climate action. Dr Smith I Azubuike is Director, Climate and Sustainability, and Assistant Professor of Energy Law at Durham Law School, Durham University. Smith is a dual-qualified lawyer in Nigeria and a member of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Working Group 5. Smith's teaching and research focus on energy law and sustainability, risk allocation in the energy sector, renewable energy law and the energy transition.