Building resilience in Africa
Africa accounts for total funding of $300 million of the f The pilot project for climate resilience is a USD1.2 billion adaptation funding window of the …
Conservation research, not a priority for Kenyans says, Senior Warden
Located in the Rift Valley, Lake Bogoria National Reserve is a stunning place. It is adorned by a pink cloud of flamingos and geysers bubbling …
Geothermal Energy: a high risk but worthy investment.
Today we are talking about the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low-Income Countries (SREP) funded by the Strategic Climate Fund. the Strategic Climate Fund …
Climate-related loss and damage: Who pays?
Climate impacts such as floods, droughts, firestorms, shifting seasons, sea-level rise, salt-water intrusion, the spread of vector-borne diseases, and devastation from cyclones and other extreme …
Giant Solar plant lighting up Morocco from the desert
Today for the Financing change in Africa series, we feature the $5.4 billion Clean Technology Fund (CTF). One of two multi-donor trust funds under the …
Displaced and forgotten: Kenya’s Rift Valley lake’s floods a year later.
Have the persons displaced by the 2020 flooding Kenya’s Rift Valley Lakes been forgotten? As Kenya rolls out a Covid-19 vaccination drive amid the country …
Financing Change in Africa: Where are we?
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), a multilateral climate finance mechanism, has been working with the continent’s premier financial development institution, the African Development Bank (AfDB) …
Culture – a panacea to the high mental health treatment gap?
Mental health problems in Kenya and Africa are often interpreted from either a religious or traditional perspective influenced by a person’s cultural perceptions. These perceptions …
Financing Change in Africa.
Starting coming Thursday, 1st April 2021, the Africa Climate Conversations is collaborating with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for …
Mental Health: why are Kenyan youths turning to drugs?
This week, we are still staying in Murang’a county. Today, we talk to Joseph Mbai County Executive Committee member in charge of Health Murang’a County. …
How does this GIS tool monitor landslides?
In many countries, some landslide-prone areas are known. But often, communities seem to be caught unaware when these landslides hit. Also read wrecked by Landslide: …
Wrecked by Landslide: No place to call home three years on.
Today’s episode features a family, victims of a landslide from Gitugi village in Mathioya, Murang’a County in central Kenya. About three years ago, a landslide …