COP26: the road to Glasgow, priorities for Africa
Every year, world leaders meet under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to forge …
Adaptation: Why it’s critical for Africa.
Flooding, droughts, landslides, and cyclones are becoming intense and more frequent. Adaptation offers an alternative solution in addressing these climate change impacts affecting communities, and …
Green Economy Series Trailer
This series will explore, why green economy, financing it, the road to Glasgow, a just climate transition, and adaptation among other topics. In recent years …
Kenya, to succeed in Blue Economy, invest in research and local communities advices scientist
The blue economy has an abundant potential to contribute to faster and higher GDP growth in Kenya, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). …
Kenyan coastal community fattens crabs to save mangroves.
Nearly 20 years ago, what started as a conservation effort and fighting illegal fishing at Dabaso Mida creek in Watamu – a small coastal town …
Kenyan coastal youths replanting mangroves invites back village delicacy
<span style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” data-mce-type=”bookmark” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Growing up, Furry Ambari the COMENSUM – community Environment Sustainable Mari culture says he …
Kenyan University producing enough solar energy for use, and selling surplus to the National utility.
Kenya has a remarkable potential in solar energy but only 1percent (52MW) of the country’s energy mix has been tapped. In 2014, to tap on …
Indigenous knowledge: authentic, sustainable, and the future
As global temperatures rise, smallholders’ farmers in Africa struggle with the feeling of uncertainty. A season, the rains may delay, the next they receive flash …
Where bird’s chirp tells of good, rich or bad farming season.
Change of weather is not a new phenomenon. From the time in memorial, communities understood how the weather patterns changed. They observed behaviours in plants, …
A Kenyan solar-powered bicycle reducing transport emissions
Between January to September 2019, records from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show that Kenya registered about 160 000 motorcycles and nearly 6000 three-wheelers. …