COP27: Not the solution to the global climate crisis?.
Ahead of the 27th UN climate summit (COP27), the youth and other groups have called on world leaders to urgently cut down their emissions to limit …
Horn of Africa: With Droughts, Migration becomes urgent.
In the Horn of Africa, the human movement has been a crucial resilience driver, especially for the pastoralist community. However, the slow onset of events …
“Time for Action, not Backtracking,” Says COP27 Presidency.
COP27 occurs when floods, drought, wildfires, storms, and cyclones devastate communities, economies, and ecosystems globally. The COP27 President Special Representative Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd told the …
Timely weather texts rescues Kenyan farmers.
Traditional weather forecasting was relied upon to determine when famers would plant in many African communities. Still amang communities it remains the most accessible and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Welcome Back: Lets talk about air pollution in Africa.
Africa’s growth has been accelerating for the last twenty years. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Africa was on track to more than triple its population this …
A Kenyan school raising school fees for its needy students.
A recent report on education by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that 1 in every three families in Kenya and …
Green Recovery: Why invest in Africa?
Africa representing over 17 percent of the world population, is responsible for less than four percent of global emissions. But the continent has significant assets …