Our Scans · Mauritania · Weekly Summary

• [New] The EU hopes to import up to 10 megatons of green hydrogen and has already signed deals with countries including Namibia, Egypt, and Mauritania to develop production sites aimed at export. Ecofin Agency
• Entire funding streams are set to vanish in countries including Senegal, Guinea and Mauritania, while the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Africa will be hit hardest in terms of lost aid volumes. Business Matters
• One perhaps surprising takeaway from the research is that many of the most promising investment opportunities lie in low-income countries including Eswatini, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, and Mauritania. International Finance Corporation
• The transportation industry is expected to benefit from increased demand for goods and people, with the African Development Bank estimating that the transport sector in Mauritania will grow by 5.5% per year between 2020 and 2025. London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
• Mauritania anticipates first natural gas production from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project - straddling the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal - to begin in 2024 and is also spearheading the development of 12.5 million tons of green hydrogen capacity by 2035. capital Newspaper
• As Africa fast-tracks renewable energy penetration - with countries like South Africa, Namibia, Mauritania and Egypt pioneering green hydrogen production - Wood Mackenzie's first-hand data will prove vital for connecting global investors with new project developments. Africa.com
• Most notably Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia and South Africa - who are all actively pursuing clean hydrogen production, will showcase their respective plans and priorities for investment whilst seeking global partnerships. Energy Connects
• The Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands have proposed a carbon price of $100 per tonne while the International Monetary Fund has said the average global carbon price, now at just $2 per tonne, need to reach $75 a tonne by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement goals. The Maritime Executive
• The sea level rise of an additional half-metre or more will gravely impact populations in many low-lying areas like Vancouver, Florida, Bangladesh and low-lying Pacific islands, such as Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands. EurekAlert!
• Fiji, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu proposed a 2030 target of 37% emissions reductions and a 2040 target of 96% reductions. Carbon Brief
• Increased investments in energy and mining could boost Mauritania's economy and solidify the 67-year-old former army chief's grip at the helm of the soon-to-be gas producer. Centro de estudos estrategicos de Africa
• In many countries along the Sahel, including Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, and Chad, forecast near to above-average rains through August are expected to benefit crop germination and early development. GEOGLAM Crop Monitor
• In spelling out the hydrogen opportunity, Maserumule identified the six African countries that had hydrogen strategies as Algeria, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia and South Africa amid more than 50 countries worldwide having hydrogen strategies. Mining Weekly
• The $6.5 billion assistance packages will provide 20 years of new economic assistance to the freely associated states: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia. U.S. Department of the Interior
• Aside from the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Maldives are the islands most at risk, globally, of being completely inundated by sea-level rise. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Countries such as the United States, Canada, and climate vulnerable Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands, want to go even further, with a 96-percent cut by 2040. phys.org
• R ising sea levels already pose an existential threat to the populations of Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and other low-lying Pacific atolls. The Guardian
• Two Pacific nations exposed to the risk of rising sea levels, the Marshall and Solomon islands, have been pushing over the last decade for a $ 100-per-tonne tax on maritime industry emissions which would create incentives for operators to cut their pollution. phys.org
• Last week, the United States renewed its Compacts of Free Association with two of the three freely associated states - the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau-while the third, with the Marshall Islands, will likely renew in the coming weeks. Foreign Policy
• The United States will sign new strategic pacts with the Pacific island states of Palau and Micronesia early next week and hopes to do so with the Marshall islands in coming weeks. investing.com

Last updated: 13 June 2025