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Biochar in animal feed: a quiet intervention with systemic implications
Biochar does not deliver headline gains in feed conversion. What it offers instead is resilience: cleaner manure, healthier soils, and a feedback loop that reconnects livestock and land in ways industrial agriculture deliberately broke.
Zecharia Mwangi, Carbon Markets Lead
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Biochar in animal feed: a quiet intervention with systemic implications
Biochar does not deliver headline gains in feed conversion. What it offers instead is resilience: cleaner manure, healthier soils, and a feedback loop that reconnects livestock and land in ways industrial agriculture deliberately broke.
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Offset illusions: why only lifecycle accounting can deliver true climate impact
A large share of voluntary carbon credits do not reflect real emission cuts. This article makes the case for full lifecycle assessment as the only credible way to separate genuine climate action from accounting theatre.
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Plastic alchemy in Nairobi
Two Nairobis live on one map. One throws things away. The other makes a living finding value in what has been thrown away. This piece unpacks the economics of plastic waste in African cities and lays out a practical flywheel that turns leakage hotspots into bankable recovery operations backed by verified credits and steady offtakes.
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From dust to climate gold: how Africa can lead the rock weathering revolution
Enhanced rock weathering turns crushed basalt into a permanent carbon sink while replenishing tired African soils. A look at the science, the scale, and why this continent is uniquely placed to lead.
