COP27: Africa must do more to push for Climate Justice.
Africa is a continent hard hit by climate change though least emitter. Erratic rains and floods, prolonged droughts, climate related migration and conflict, combined with …
Kenyan pastoralists on edge due to drought.
Drought situation continues to worsen in Kenya. In Kenya’s Rift Valley, local says they last harvested since 2018. This year it has rained for four …
Endorois women in Kenya rally villagers to save community swamp.
Bogoria Kenya:In the 1970s, the Endorois community lost their grazing ground when Lake Baringo was registered as a national reserve. The Endorois community a Kenyan …
Special Episode with DW’s Living Planet
Today in a special program swap with DW- Living Planet we here how climate change is impacting women in girls, in Kenya. As temperature continue …
Slow climate disaster recovery dims hope in Kenya and Mozambique
As temperature rise, so does the losses in livelihoods and damages to key infrastructure hampering development and country planning. However, last year in Glasgow, UK, …
Early warning services saves lives and economies
Early warning services are critical to healthy ecosystems, safe communities, and productive economies. Disasters like storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and wildfires have become more common and intense. …
Kenyan middlemen killing research funds flow to researchers.
The Kenyan government has tried funding research, but intermediaries are killing the research flows between government and the researchers. “The current government allocated five billion …
Kenyan and Seychelles youths solving the plastic menace
Kibera- the biggest informal settlement in Kenya and possibly in the African continent. According to UN-Habitat, Kibera has the highest settlement density of any settlement …
Second-hand clothes(Mitumba) Kenyan gift or a curse?
In 2019, Kenya imported (185,000 tones) of second-hand clothing or mitumba – about 8,000 containers. The clothes and shoes sold in the second-hand markets started …
Kenya’s capital city’s poor planning worsening air quality.
Until 2014 when the Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan (NIUPLAN) expected to guide the city until 2030 was drawn. NIUPLAN comes after the 1973 …
Investment in Adaptation is a must: warns IPCC Scientists.
Scientists warn that adaptation to climate change cannot lag anymore especially in Africa. A just released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the latest …
Nairobi’s billboards streaming the city’s air pollution.
The Nairobi City County has partnered with Kenya’s leading mobile network provider, Safaricom, and the UN Environment to monitor and measure air pollution levels in …