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Kenya most developed, but also biggest polluter

Traffic jam along Lang'ata road on February 22, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Kenya generated the largest share of carbon emissions between 2000 and 2017 in the region, while Tanzania and Ethiopia recorded the highest emissions growth. A report titled ‘Emission accounting and drivers in East African countries’, published in Science Direct, indicates that carbon emissions in East Africa grew exponentially at 6.5 per cent per year in the period.

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