{
  "id": 739620,
  "title": "ECOWAS targets $294 billion climate finance gap, pushes for regional carbon market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/ecowas-targets-294-billion-climate-finance-gap-pushes-for-regional",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T05:50:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
    "slug": "nairametrics",
    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/08/13/ecowas-targets-294-billion-climate-finance-gap-pushes-for-regional-carbon-market/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Economic Community of West African States is pushing for a regional carbon market to help bridge the $294 billion climate finance gap facing West Africa, as climate change threatens to displace about 32 million people across the region. The post ECOWAS targets $294 billion climate finance gap, pushes for regional carbon market appeared first on Nairametrics .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}