MDG Carbon jointly with the regional environment project on the Management of Environmental Services and Financing for Sustainable Development has released a new NAMA study to help Côte d’Ivoire to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the current charcoal value chain and enable the country to remove a major driver of deforestation while increasing energy security and sustainability.

The NAMA design proposed in this study also addresses cross-sectoral issues and adopts a phased approach. The NAMA Phase I described in the study is realistic, can be achieved in the short term and still has transformative and sustainable effects on the charcoal sector of Côte d’Ivoire.