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 …
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 …
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 …
Sectors in Ghana join hands to reduce rising air pollution.
Ghana’s air quality monitoring started back in 1996. Over the years, different sectors have joined hands to curb air pollution emanating from the transport sector, …
It is time Africa rethinks air pollution funding.
Africa attracted about five percent of development funding and less than four percent of philanthropy funding to fight air pollution between 2015 – 2020 according …
Why are air pollution policies not translating into actions?
Dr Alice Kaudia, the former Environment Secretary at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Kenya says policies are not translating into action. why? …
Dirty Air: Dirty Blood!
Did you know that you breathe about 150 liters of air daily and that the air you breathe goes directly to your lungs and bloodstream? …
Kenyan youths turn a crime hotspot to a green space.
Located at the Nairobi River riparian land, a few meters to Nairobi’s official dumping site- the Dandora dumping sites. The park was transformed from a …
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. …
Climate Effects: What can you do?
A report by the Africa Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on economic growth, development and climate change …