Increasing global interest in national carbon pricing measures, and financial and
political imperatives to introduce them, is driving active discussion in Africa on
regional and country-appropriate approaches. A paucity of scholarship that is
informed by a nuanced appreciation of the region’s specific carbon pricing context
and dynamics means that the rapidly evolving African conversation is, generally
speaking, unsupported by relevant analysis. In recognition of this deficiency, this
study, commissioned by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and conducted by a
South African and Kenyan team of carbon legal and technical specialists, is a timeous
and important contribution to the African carbon pricing debate.