Climate

“Africa needs to create It’s specific facility for climate action” says AGN.

For effective climate action in Africa to take shape, the African Group of Negotiators lead negotiator on finance, Ambassador...

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COP28: How can Africa solve the climate finance access challenge?

The climate finance needs of developing countries have risen way beyond the 100 billion USD promised by developed countries...

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COP28 kicks off with high promises to deliver on finance.

COP28 takes place against the backdrop of increased financial needs to address climate change adaptation, mitigation, as well as...

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African Lead Negotiator: “I hope the loss and damage fund does not become a bargaining chip at COP28.”

A 24-member transitional committee on loss and damage issued a proposal for a new loss and damage fund ahead...

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Loss and Damage Fund must be fair and just.

Nairobi, Kenya: Economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with the extreme event are increasing in developing countries. Extreme events...

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Global Stocktake: African climate needs should be smart and measurable.

During the 28th United Nations climate summit, hosted by the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December...

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Can the world solve the climate crisis without tackling degradation?

Nairobi Kenya: World leaders gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, 50 years ago, and remarked that man is both a creature...

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Largest Kenyan solar plant but little benefit to locals.

Garissa Kenya: Plonked in the middle of the desert 14 kilometres from the centre of Garissa is the largest...

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2022: another hottest year on record! Welcome Back!

Happy New Year: 2023.Last year the year 2022, the average global temperature was about 1.15 degrees Celsius. 2022 marks...

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“Time for Action, not Backtracking,” Says COP27 Presidency.

The 27th United nation Climate summit (COP27) is eight weeks away. COP27 occurs when several climate-related emergency crises, such...

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COP27: Africa must do more to push for Climate Justice.

Africa is a continent hard hit by climate change though least emitter. Erratic rains and floods, prolonged droughts, climate...

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Kenyan pastoralists on edge due to drought.

Drought situation continues to worsen in Kenya. In Kenya’s Rift Valley, local says they last harvested since 2018. This...

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Slow climate disaster recovery dims hope in Kenya and Mozambique

Intense floods, cyclones, and drought, have devastated many sub-Saharan African countries, this year. As temperature rise, so does the...

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Early warning services saves lives and economies

Between 1970 and 2019, more than 11 000 disasters were attributed to weather, climate, and water-related hazards worldwide. This...

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Kenyan middlemen killing research funds flow to researchers.

Professor Paul Kimani, a plant breeder and lecturer at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences at Kenya’s University...

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How Kenyan and Seychelles youths are solving the plastic menace

Kibera- the biggest informal settlement in Kenya and possibly in the African continent. According to UN-Habitat, Kibera has the...

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Adaptation cannot lag anymore: warns IPCC Scientists.

The IPCC has released the Working Group II report prepared by 270 scientists from 67 countries on the latest...

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Sectors in Ghana join hands to reduce rising air pollution.

Accra Ghana: Ghana began monitoring air quality in 1996. Over the years, several sectors have collaborated to reduce air...

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Climate Finance must be distributed in a Gender responsive way.

Annually, nearly 20 million people leave their homes due to climate-induced displacement, according to the United Nations High Commissioner...

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African Scientist take on the Glasgow Climate pact.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report on global warming clearly shows that human influence is responsible...

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It’s time for the African Union to lead Climate Negotiations for Africa, says Climate Negotiator.

Africa is the most vulnerable to climate change and among the most impacted by climate change. Under the international...

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COP26: Where are we on Climate finance and NDC timeframes?

For the world to achieve the Paris agreement goals, climate finance which has been a contentious issue under climate...

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Adaptation facing Resistance at Glasgow.

Africa is the continent most vulnerable to climate extremes. The IPCC six assessment report (AR6) confirms the continent warms...

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Africa at COP26: Our Position

Covid 19 has already demonstrated the availability of funds when a crisis occurs. Unfortunately, a report by nature shows...

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Raise your NDCs ambitions: Africa’s key ask to developed countries.

The climate emergency is worsening. The world has witnessed record-high temperatures, widespread wildfires, and increasingly unpredictable floods and droughts....

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Paris Agreement: Why Africa needs its special needs recognised.

The Kyoto protocol recognised Africa for its vulnerability to climate change. But under the Paris agreement, Africa lost that...

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Climate Change Negotiations: The History.

This episode marks the beginning of building momentum to the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference also known as...

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The Journey to COP26: Building Momentum

The 26th annual UN climate conference will occur between 31 October and 12 November this year in Glasgow, Scotland....

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Green Recovery: Why invest in Africa?

Africa representing over 17 percent of the world population, is responsible for less than four percent of global emissions....

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Meet a Kenyan Primary school equipping children with green skills.

A 2021 report Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) notes that...

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Children, Climate Change, and Biodiversity Protection

This week, we are talking about empowering children to conserve biodiversity and the environment. It is what Miti Alliance...

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Can charcoal production be sustainable?

Did you know that a third of Africa’s forests have already been lost, mainly to charcoal production? Yes, that...

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Kenyan entrepreneur turned to Greener Charcoal to save her poultry.

Today we are in Kenya’s Nakuru County in a town named Mai Mahiu meaning “hot water” about 60kms drive...

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IPCC Climate Report, Africa has no time left!

Human activities have warmed the climate at an exceptional rate as per the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

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Eating wild fruits, protecting Niger’s indigenous landscapes.

Zinder Niger: Zinder Faiza Habou, a 17-year-old secondary school student from Zinder, Niger’s second largest city, and her mother...

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How to sustainably practise pastoralists in the age of climate change.

In Africa, pastoralists use natural indicators such as migratory birds and certain plant species to migrates. But due to...

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Restoring African drylands: What’s next?

Today Salina Abraham, the Global Landscape Forum strategic adviser joins me as we investigate what was achieved last week...

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Why is GLF Africa 2021 critical to African drylands now?

The Global Landscape Forum Africa 2021 kicks off tomorrow, the 2nd June, for two days. The digital conference dubbed...

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Solar-powered boreholes liberate Zambia’s Kafue Basin from wild fruits.

In 2014, the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) under the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) funded the Strengthening climate resilience project...

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Local people critical in restoration of African drylands.

African drylands are home to more than half a billion people who live and work in the drylands. “We...

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Energy Shift: How can Africa ensure a just transition?

A Just transition is about ensuring that no one is left behind or pushed behind in the transition to...

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Energy access: why women are catalysts for change.

Climate change impacts men and women differently. When the COVID-19 pandemic has led to income losses increasing the poverty...

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It’s a wrap for the climate change impacts on mental health series.

Mental health is not often directly linked to climate change. But let’s be honest, temperatures are rising, floods, droughts,...

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Building resilience in Africa

Africa accounts for total funding of 300 million USD of the The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience. The pilot...

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Climate-related loss and damage: Who pays?

When extreme events happen, they leave a trail of loss and damage that is both economical and non-economical. It’s...

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Financing Change in Africa: Where are we?

Africa requires as much as $2.8 trillion through 2030 to implement its climate commitments set out in countries’ national...

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Culture – a panacea to the high mental health treatment gap?

Mental health problems in Kenya and Africa are often interpreted from either a religious or traditional perspective influenced by...

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Mental Health: why are Kenyan youths turning to drugs?

Is mental health pushing Kenyan youths to drugs? This week, we are still staying in Murang’a county. Today, we...

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How does this GIS tool monitor landslides?

In Kenya, as in most of Africa, landslides are the most dangerous natural disaster. Literature reviews show that not...

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Wrecked by Landslide: No place to call home three years on.

About three years ago, a landslide struck in the middle of the night. Taking away 39-year old mother of...

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There is no health without Mental Health warns experts.

Kilifi county in Kenya has three practicing mental health specialists against a population of about 1.4 million. Mental health...

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No, Mental Illness is not Madness

In today’s episode, we talk to Elias Fondo, the Kilifi County Mental Health Clinical officer, Leonard Nasoro, a mental...

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Kenyan University producing enough solar energy for use, and selling surplus to the National utility.

Nairobi Kenya: Strathmore University in Kenya installed a 600 kWp grid-connected solar PV system in 2014. Today, the solar...

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A Kenyan solar-powered bicycle reducing transport emissions

The transport sector accounts for at least 22percent of all global related carbon dioxide emissions according to the International...

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Why is the cost of Finance so high in Africa?

Dealing with Covid19 has proved, if there is a will, there is a way to provide more finance to...

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Does COP26 Cancellation slow down the climate action momentum?

In April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the UN postponed to 2021 a critical climate summit known as...

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Why is sub-Saharan Africa so Energy poor?

Africa remains the world’s most energy-scarce continent. Nearly 600 million of the world’s 789 million people without access to...

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Covid19 – Economic Impacts on Africa.

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), estimates that Covid-19 could cause Africa’s economies to shrink by between 1.8...

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Covid-19 and Climate Change: How can Africa build better given the twin challenge?

On average climate change is costing African economies 2 to 3percent of their GDPs. This is according to the...

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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...

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Climate Change: an Introduction

Africa contributes the least to climate change. However, droughts, and floods in Africa has intensified. In about three months,...

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