Nairobi, Aug. 4 -- Kenya has placed a ceiling on its carbon credit export volumes as part of a strategy to curb over-allocating domestic emission reductions to foreign buyers.

The State Department for Environment and Climate Change has capped credit transfers at 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent between now and 2030.

Carbon credits are permits that allow firms to produce a certain amount of carbon emissions. Organisations that run environmental conservation efforts that remove carbon from the atmosphere or prevent carbon emissions can sell their credits to those that generate emissions.

For instance, as many manufacturers switch to their own-source generation with investments in solar and other renewable energy technologie...