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More than 30 competing regimes worldwide are already vying to channel the $2.4 trillion a year required for the green transition, of which Africa captures only a fraction. Can the continent design frameworks that both align with international standards and reflect local realities such as agriculture, extractives, and adaptation needs? Two key figures developing taxonomies discuss how to balance global standards with Africa\u2019s own priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[132],"class_list":["post-21080","sb_session","type-sb_session","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-132"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conversation With | How to build an Africa-centred and globally aligned green taxonomy - The African Financial Summit Platform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_session\/conversation-with-how-to-build-an-africa-centred-and-globally-aligned-green-taxonomy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conversation With | How to build an Africa-centred and globally aligned green taxonomy - The African Financial Summit Platform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Green taxonomies promise to bring clarity to sustainable finance &#8211; reducing greenwashing and transaction costs -but they also risk fragmentation if definitions diverge across markets. 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