Equitable carbon finance · Kenya
Climate revenue,
back to the people holding the carbon.
GreenPesa is building equitable carbon-finance infrastructure for Kenya — so the communities doing the climate work receive the revenue, the data, and the say.
Our Mission
What if the people growing the carbon also kept it?
Kenya is one of Africa's largest suppliers of carbon credits — yet studies repeatedly find that only a small fraction of carbon revenue reaches the communities who steward the land. We're rebuilding the model from the ground up — so the Kenyan households, cooperatives, and conservancies who hold the carbon also hold the revenue, the data, and the seat at the table.
GreenPesa is what equitable carbon finance looks like when it's designed by people who live in the landscape.
How we work
Four principles, not slogans.
Every shilling, every tonne, every decision routes back to communities — or the project doesn't ship.
Community-held carbon
Carbon rights stay with the people stewarding the land — group ranches, forest associations, and conservancies — not assigned to intermediaries.
Transparent revenue split
A published share goes directly to households and community funds — at or above the 40% floor Kenya's 2023 law sets. No black-box deductions.
Verifiable methodology
Open MRV, third-party validation, and audit trails published before issuance — so credits stand up to scrutiny.
Local governance
Project decisions made by community committees and Community Development Agreements, with technical support — not the other way around.
Kenya leads here
Kenya's Climate Change Act now requires at least 40% of earnings from land-based carbon projects to flow to the host community — among the strongest benefit-sharing laws in the world.
GreenPesa treats that floor as a starting point, not a ceiling — and publishes every deduction.
Read the full storyof Africa's carbon credits supplied by Kenya
minimum community share now required by Kenyan law
Advocacy
Where does the rest of the money go?
Brokers, validators, platforms, developer margin. We break down the carbon-finance dollar — and what Kenya's 40% benefit-sharing law means in practice.
Projects
What does an equitable Kenyan pilot look like?
Coastal mangroves, clean cookstoves, and dryland soil carbon. Three pilot landscapes, one methodology — designed so communities hold the revenue and the data.
Team
Who's building this — and why?
A founding team forming across Nairobi, the coast, and the diaspora, building the climate-finance infrastructure Kenya has been missing.
Help us build
We don't need millions. We need first believers.
The first pilots are funded by people, not platforms. If you believe carbon revenue belongs with the communities holding the carbon — back us.