Used cars hindering fight against climate change new UN report says
African countries including Kenya imported the largest number of used vehicles (40 per cent) in the period studied. PHOTO/UNEP By ...
Tag: Climate Change
Empowering communities to monitor environmental degradation and human rights violations caused by coal mining in Tete, Mozambique
By GABRIEL MONTENEGRO and MARIANE ALMEIDA Mining operations in the coal-rich province of Tete, Mozambique, have displaced around 5,000 people. ...
World’s richest man, Jeff Bezos pledges Ksh 1 trillion-plus to fight climate change
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and the world’s richest person. PHOTO/AMAZON By OUR CORRESPONDENT Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, is ...
Millions around the world at risk from ice melt due to effects of climate change
Aerial view of melting glaciers on King George Island, Antarctica.PHOTO/ESKINDER DEBEBE/UN By PATRICK MAYOYO Fresh fears of accelerating damage to ...
Effects of climate change causing mistrust between communities and local weather ‘experts’ in northern Kenya
Traditional weather forecaster, Mr Abdi Koropo, examines the intestines of a goat before making a weather prediction. PHOTO/ABJATA KHALIF BY ...
Inaction over climate emergency ‘not an option’ says UN Assembly chief
The low-lying island nation, Tuvalu, in the Pacific Ocean is particularly susceptible to higher sea levels caused by climate change. ...
New study: Planting trees is the best climate change solution
Coconut trees along a beach. PHOTO/ DANIEL HENDRIKX By ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT Planting trees is the best climate change solution to ...
Opinion |The Race Towards Climate Red line: Climate Impacts Overtaking Climate Actions
By Dr. Samson Samuel Ogallah The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Landthat was ...
Activists demand for a fossil free environment as they celebrate Africa Day
Lamu residents march through the town’s streets to oppose plans by the Kenya government to construct a coal plant in ...
IMO launches new global project to reduce maritime greenhouse gas emissions
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and Mr Sveinung Oftedal, Specialist Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment shake hands ...
Shinning light on environmental degradation and conservation in Africa