Nairobi Kenya: Biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth as well as the natural patterns it creates. According to the United Nations, species are disappearing at a rate that is 50–100 times greater than usual, and this rate is projected to increase dramatically. Roughly 34,000 plant and 5,200 animal species, including one-eighth of…
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Happy New Year: 2023.Last year the year 2022, the average global temperature was about 1.15 degrees Celsius. 2022 marks the 8thconsecutive year from 2015-2022 where each year the annual global temperatures have reached at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels. This is according to datasets compiled by the World Meteorological organization from six international temperature datasets….
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Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has come with its fair share of blessings in terms of communication and transport. The Mombasa to the Kenyan capital Nairobi line was completed in 2017. Phase two of the railway aimed to link Nairobi with Malaba on the Kenya–Uganda border cut through the pristine Olooula Forest -one of the…
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The Sharm el-Sheikh, decision was reached early morning on last Sunday the 20thas official plenary started at 4am. Among the wins for the Continent was the establishment of a loss and damage facility which was pushed hard by the G77 and China- Africa is in this group – as well as the civil society. But…
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Climate finance and financing loss and damage deadlocked at COP27: Photo by Sophie Mbugua As the UN climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, near the official end – of Friday, the 18th – climate finance and financing loss, damage and adaptation remain deadlocked. At COP27, developed countries strongly opposed having any financial mechanism under the…
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Participants during the COP27 Minerals side event Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: With the world adopting cleaner energy transitions, ambitious efforts to accelerate plans for low-cost and low-emissions lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia are nearing reality, with a feasibility study outcome expected in five months. While addressing the…
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The 27thUN Climate summit is already underway till next week in Egypt’s coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh. It is essential to recognize that this is the 27thmeeting of the parties in about 30 years. Also, remember that Africa is the continent that contributes the least to global emissions – about 4 percent. In 2015, in…
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Forests and savannahs provide a wide variety of ecosystem services. They provide food and fuel. Additionally, they clean the air, filter water, and control floods, and erosion, while sustaining biodiversity. However, over the years human beings have plundered the earth prioritizing development needs over the environment. Kenya’s Olo0lua forest an urban forest located about half…
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Human activities led to roughly 1.1°C of warming between 1850-1900. If this trend continues, scientists warn thatglobal warming will exceed 1.5°C between2030 and 2052,meaning more severe and extreme weather events. The earth exists not just as an investment opportunity but as a trust passed on from previous generations for the current to hold as stewards…
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Ahead of the 27thUN climate summit (COP27), the youth and other groups have called on world leaders to urgently cut down their emissions to limit warming to 1.5°C to reduce the future impact of climate change on humans and ecological systems. Against the backdrop of the recent global disruption events such as the Russia/Ukraine-instigated energy…
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