Tag: Climate Change
Gachagua: Govt to support initiatives to combat climate change
Actions to tackle the effects of climate change will adequately receive Government support, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said.
Speaking during the launch of the...
Gov’t embarks on program to restore wetlands
The Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry has embarked on an ambitious program of harnessing the natural capacity of...
Environmentalists urge the government to rescind logging directive
Mombasa environmentalists have faulted the lifting of a six-year moratorium on logging by the government saying it will claw back on gains made on...
Sahara Group, UoN partner to enhance clean energy transition
Sahara Group and the University of Nairobi have launched a platform which will help students develop and innovate solutions that will accelerate Kenya’s clean...
Gov’t prioritizing sustainable farming practices, PS Harsama says
The Government has prioritized sustainable farming practices in its policies and budget to ensure food and nutrition security and build resilience against shocks.
Principal Secretary,...
Lessons for Africa from China’s ‘desertification miracle’
Deforestation is a growing man-made disaster. More than 47,000 km2 of forest is lost worldwide every year, with 17 percent of the Amazon rainforest...
Community conflict on the rise due to drying Ewaso Nyiro River...
Illegal water abstraction, pollution, and unsustainable farming practices are some of the issues attributed to community conflicts arising from the drying of tributaries that...
A new pact to boost climate change training in Africa
The Toolkit Skills & Innovation (TTI), the Wangari Mathai Foundation, and the World Resources Institute (WRI) have joined forces in a new partnership to...
Women activists make case for gender-responsive approaches to climate change
By Emily Kenik
A section of women activists in Africa now argue that women bear the greatest brunt of climate change, and yet not so...
Act now or suffer climate consequences-Prime CS Mudavadi
The Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said the state will not relent on actions to mitigate against the harsh consequences of climate change.
In...
