06 — Insights
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Featured note

Carbon markets in Kenya: integrity before scale
Kenya's carbon moment is real — but the rush to transact is outrunning the rails that make a tonne credible. ESOK's position: sequence integrity before scale, or risk the market we are building.
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18 SEP 2025
What county chapters taught us about restoration economics6 MIN
27 AUG 2025
The Mau water tower: financing a landscape back to life7 MIN
09 JUL 2025
Growing the profession: notes from our student chapters5 MIN
21 MAY 2025
Climate finance readiness: what counties must fix first6 MIN
02 APR 2025
The air our cities breathe: the case for county monitors5 MIN
The print record
The ESOK Journal
Volume 14 · No 2WINTER 2025 · THEME: WATER & CITIES
Volume 14 · No 1SUMMER 2025 · THEME: CARBON & COMMUNITY
Volume 13 · No 2WINTER 2024 · THEME: RANGELANDS UNDER CHANGE
Volume 13 · No 1SUMMER 2024 · THEME: WASTE & CIRCULARITY
Volume 12 · No 2WINTER 2023 · THEME: FORESTS & FINANCE
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