AFRICA’S CARBON TIME BOMB

30-billion tonnes of Carbon dioxide are trapped under one giant area of African peatlands - and could spell environmental disaster if nothing’s done. The Congo Basin is an invaluable treasure not just for the six countries that host the bulk of the forest—Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo—but for Africa and the world. Without an intact Congo Basin, efforts to mitigate global warming and its many extreme side effects will fall short

But the rescue plan is very expensive - so who should pay?