Nairobi Kenya: World leaders gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, 50 years ago, and remarked that man is both a creature and a moulder of his environment. The environment provides physical nourishment (food, air, and nutrients) as well as opportunities for intellectual, moral, social, and spiritual growth. The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was…
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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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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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Drought situation continues to worsen in Kenya. In Kenya’s Rift Valley, local says they last harvested since 2018. This year it has rained for four days. Cows have died, goats – their remaining source of food – are dying of diseases. The Worse hit are nineteen of the 23 Arid and Semi-Arid Land counties. The…
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Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for East and Southern Africa CABO DELGADO, Mozambique: As governments and communities rallied together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, other humanitarian crises caused by conflict and natural disasters continued unabated. A situation faced by Mozambique. A nation still wrestling with two…
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Aftermaths of a landslide in Muranga county after heavy rains. Nearly three years ago, on a rainy Thursday night at around midnight, 39-year-old Mary Wambui clung to her unborn baby. “The rain was too heavy! The lightning and thunderstorms were terrifying. My husband was not at home. I felt an unexplained fear for my sons,”…
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A report by the Africa Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on economic growth, development and climate change in Africa, stipulates that without action, climate change would impede development across Africa. According to the report, inaction could cost the Western and Eastern Africa nations up to about 15…
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Africa contributes the least to climate change. However, droughts, and floods in Africa has intensified. In about three months, flooding has affected 1.3 million people in the Horn of Africa according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). Many weather stations in the Horn of African countries are recording their…
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