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Tana River County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. The County has embarked on the enactment of key policies and legal framework on climate change. Mainstreaming of climate change into the County plans including the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), Annual Development Plan (ADP), Sectoral Plans etc. was also done to build community […]
Welcome to the Anthropocene: the climate crisis and the predicament of Katonga and Bududa communities. “Across the world, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly ending the long-running debate over the reality of climate change. Not only is it real, but it’s also here, and its effects are giving rise to frighteningly new
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Congratulations on being appointed as the Global Head of nature-based solutions hub with IUCN. What does the hub aim to solve? Thank you and happy to be here talking about NbS, something that is very close to my heart. Preceded by its adoption by the 98th Meeting of the IUCN Council in February 2020, the
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By Ousseynou Ndoye[1], Mamadou Diakhité[2], Sheryl Quail[3], Meseret Shiferaw[4], Teko Nhlapo[5], Edna Kalima[6], Benjamin Akobundu[7], Diana Mawoko[8], Edith Maboumba[9] ‘’Humanity is using 1.6 times the amount of services that nature can provide’’ (UNEP, 2021)[i] ‘’Restoring degraded lands locks the carbon in the atmosphere in the soil. It also improves soil health, and increases the diversity
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Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and health professionals worldwide are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that to avert catastrophic health impacts and prevent millions of climate change-related deaths, the world must limit temperature rise to
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“I gained valuable insights and strategies which will enable me to contribute to the global effort in tackling climate change, specifically in strengthening protection mechanisms on biodiversity and enhancing inclusive participation in the law and policy making process across the continent[WU1] .” Reflections from the Africa Climate Week (Image 1: front pic Mary at the ACS)
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A COP of Actions? unite. Act. Deliver: A COP of Actions? My Experience at COP 28 What took me to COP – Afrika Youth Caravan to COP28, key messages The 28th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in Dubai, UAE from November 30th to December 12th, 2023. Themed;
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Congratulations for the fifth year since the banning on use of plastic polythene bags which took effect in your tenure as the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Natural resources. Effective banning of plastic carrier bags continues to elude many nations. How were you able to get it done?
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Waste is part of growth, managing it well is going to nourish a better world for us and future generations and ecosystem in whole.
Q&A with MR. MAVJI VARSANI – C.E.O VINTZ PLASTICS Read More »
By Patricia Akinyi K’Omudho-Chief Environment Officer (MSWM-CE) Background Nairobi County is heavily polluted with solid waste and an urgent intervention to address the menace is needed. We realize that since Nairobi City is a global environment capital, Kenya needs to demonstrate this leadership through proper waste management. It is inspiring when we have entities coming
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Following in the footsteps of Sustainability, Grace & Gurmeet (Sonia) join the eco-entrepreneurs in Glass Upcycling and Environmental Impact, changing their city for the better by creating products for Kenya and the world. Almost a decade ago we founded ONISA Designs – a creative design and lifestyle company based in Nairobi, Kenya and subsequently came
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Okuku Eric, Maureen Kombo, Catherine Mwalugha, Purity Chepkemboi, Mary Mbuche, Kenneth Otieno Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute What are microplastics and why are they a concern Contrary to popular opinion, microplastics (MPs) have been around since the late 1800s, when they were first discovered in soil samples. The exponential growth of plastic production has
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Sustainable Shea Nut Value Chain and Value addition for Job Creation and Economic Empowerment of Rural women and Youth in Northern Uganda Dr. Betty Udongo , Nile Tropical Industries Uganda Ltd. Shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa-subspecies Nilotica) is a key non-timber forest product (NTFP) occurring largely in off-reserve forests in many parts of Africa, including South
SOCIAL MEDIA, THE YOUTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT By Jonathan Odongo From violence, extinction of plant and animal species, hunger, pollution, environmental degradation to global warming, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic now ravaging the world, there is no denying that the world is ailing. And like anything that’s ailing, the world needs healing. And this
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THE AFTERMATHS OF SIO RIVER BANKS BURSTINGS 2020. By Caxton G Juma. Coordinator, Samia Ecosystems CBO) River Sio bursting it's banks has tremendously affected the farming community living adjacent in various ways, more specifically agricultural, ecological, health and economical brackets. During the flooding most of the farmers crops fields were submerged under waters as the flooding came
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FEED A CHILD PROGRAM IN GATWEKERA (KIBRA) By Sam Dindi The constitution of Kenya, 2010, states that every person has the right to be free from hunger and to have adequate food of acceptable quality. Hunger and lack of access to food in urban informal settlements remains a challenge among the residents ten years after the promulgation of
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KWALE’S A BIRDING HUB by Jepkemei Faith Everything was set; departure time, meeting point and even a place to stay. What I wasn’t sure of however, was what to expect. Never been to the south coast and the furthest I had gone was merely across Likoni and back. It happened way back during a school trip when
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URBAN AGRICULTURE-URBAN ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP; EXISTING CONSTRAINTS By Grace Ndinda In some aspects, urban and rural agriculture are alike. They both use the same instruments, indicators and partnership approaches. However, the difference comes in their environments and scales as the actors involved are different. For this reason, urban agriculture requires its own conceptual framework, which goes beyond the typologies. Unlike
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