Cutting carbon emissions requires green industrialisation

The pledges agreed at the COP 30 climate conference in Belem, Brazil, last year, brought real opportunities for Africa, emphasised UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) programme manager Karin Reiss. She was speaking in a panel discussion at Africa Energy Indaba 2026, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Tuesday. (Key COP 30 outcomes were agreements to triple climate adaptation finance by 2035; establish a Just Transition Mechanism to support fairness in moving to a green economy; and the adoption of 59 global indicators to track progress in adaptation.)