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KEPSA LAUNCHES STRATEGY TO PROMOTE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) in partnership with the National Treasury and Planning, Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Food and Agricul...

Restoring the landscapes in arid, semi-arid areas in Kenya

By Maurice Munga Gathu Linda Mazingira is an initiative that was started by the Ewang`an Foundation with an objective to restore landscapes in arid and semi-...

How COVID 19 Has Affected Various Sectors of the Economy

By Maurice Gathu Munga A pandemic brings about both negative and positive impacts. Kenya is one of the developing countries that heavily depend on agricultur...

PACJA launches the African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Awards

The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) launched the African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Awards (ACCER) 2016. The competition that aims ...

Climate change: Is Your New Year Resolution Green?

By Boaz Opio A survey by Google published by Climate Analytics indicates that the word “Climate Change” and “Go Green” was mentioned over 800,000 times withi...

WTO Nairobi conference ends with UNEP launching Trade Hub but who wins?

As the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference concluded in Nairobi, many felt that it failed to earn the poorest countries any advantage. ...

How lack of water denies Kenyans the ‘right to life’ in West Pokot

'Pusu poltoy cho relach’ meaning, like clouds in the sky, new people will replace old ones but people will continue to exist. This Pokot saying shows they be...

Makueni County to receive Sh50M to mitigate climate change

Makueni County Government is set to benefit from Sh50 million for climate change adaptation after the county government became the first local government in the...

Committing to long term climate change goals is crucial for Kenya

Drought striken herds in northern Kenya. Photo courtesy of www.theguardian.com By Caroline Kibii With just three months to the Paris Climate Change Summi...

Climate change is posing tremendous health threats to humans

Dead goats and sheep starved to death due to drought. Photo courtesy of www.newstimeafrica.com By Caroline Kibii Climate change stopped being a...

Kenya can achieve its 30 percent reduction target in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

By Caroline Kibii Last week, Kenya became only the fourth African country to commit to binding targets to reduce carbon emissions under the UN. Kenya see...

Marakwet County to host Kenya cultural week

Elgeyo Marakwet County Cultural week will start on June 15th. PHOTO countesy (http://www.acriwebsite.org) Kenyans from across the country will be celebratin...