By re-electing a man who insists climate change is the ‘greatest con job ever’ and ‘green new scam’ US became complicit in World War III
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, as an imperial power (even, historically speaking, the imperial power, the only one at its height to control quite so much of the planet in one fashion or another), this country, too, is growing ever older and (again) in its own strange fashion going down (as, of course, all great imperial powers do sooner or later).
Kenya hosts African negotiators in capital to strengthen continent’s position on climate justice
Nana Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, chairman of the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support, said the discussions would prioritise agriculture, food security, gender equality and climate finance.
New study by Australia’s Flinders University warns global population is pushing Earth past sustainable limits
The huge gap between that sustainable level and today’s 8.3 billion population underscores global over-consumption, hidden for decades by heavy reliance on fossil fuels that boosted food, energy and industry while accelerating climate change and pollution, the researchers said.
Kenya secures riparian land along Nairobi River
Simon Osumba said Nairobi Rivers Commission will be giving out notices to owners of buildings along the Ngong River to enable the Commission implement the Regeneration plan and projects smoothly.
Death toll in flash-floods in Kenyan capital climbs to 45 as torrential rains pound East Africa
Nairobi police chief late last week said that in addition to drownings, some deaths were caused by electrocution. The floods had also done extensive damage to infrastructure and livelihoods. Officials said 172 vehicles that had been swept away by flood waters have been recovered.
Kenya embarks on environmental law reforms to bring the 2013 policies in tandem with emerging climate change realities
According to Environmental Secretary Selly Kimosop, who spoke during the closing of the three-day workshop at a Machakos hotel, the environmental landscape today is quite different from what it was a decade ago and the technical workshop provided an opportunity to address gaps and needs assessment.
Kenyan MPs pitch switch to biofuel production to protect environment, create jobs and stabilise local currency
National Assembly Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining Chair Vincent Musyoka said during an engagement with stakeholders in Mombasa and visiting Indian government delegation, ARISE, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and Kenya Sugar Board, that the country needs to embrace biofuel production from cassava, sugarcane and sweet sorghum.
Kenya unveils plan to shift fully to ‘green drive’, cut fossil-fuel imports and carbon footprint
Rising transport emissions also threaten climate resilience. The sector accounted for 13 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions in 2015, projected to rise to 17 per cent by 2030 without corrective action. Between 2009 and 2019, domestic transport emissions rose by 59 per cent, largely due to road transport.
European Union, IFAD launch $4.7 million soil regeneration projects in six counties in Kenya
Launched in Kakamega on Tuesday, the programme seeks to strengthen climate resilience and promote sustainable farming practices as Kenya grapples with declining soil fertility, land degradation and the growing impacts of climate change on food production.
County government in northern Kenya tells herders to sell livestock before drought devastates their stocks
National Drought Management Authority coordinator Josephat Lotwel observed that Samburu County will be at an alert stage of drought in January following poor short rains.
