Why we need PELIS programme in forest conservation and protection
Mercelyne Khalumba, forest plantation and management officer, during a biodiversity science cafe organised by MESHA and Kenya Forest Service in Nairobi. By Clifford Akumu | akumu.clifford@gmail.com In September 2022 when…
Kenyan outfit wins adaptation awards at COP27
By Ruth Keah I rkeahkadide@gmail.com Victor Orindi, head of Adaptation Consortium As curtains closed on COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Adaptation Consortium, a Kenyan organisation emerged among winners of the…
Technology assists fisher folks avoid post-harvest fish spoilage
By Tebby Otieno tebbyotieno62@gmail.com and Ruth Keah rkeahkadide@gmail.com Mwajumbe Mwabedarusi, a seaweed farmer drying seaweed at the innovative drying site. Photo credit, Tebby Otieno A new fish preservation technological intervention…
Locals in South Coast Kenya to benefit from the carbon market initiative
By Ruth Keah I rkeahkadide@gmail.com Dr Kipkorir Langat, Principal Scientist, Kenya and Marine Fisheries Institute. He says that to include sea grasses and mangroves in carbon management is key in…
COP27: Rwanda says hopes for establishing loss and damage fund in line with Paris Agreement fading
by Aimable Twahirwa Rwanda_Negotiators The Deputy Director General of Rwanda Environmental Management Authority (REMA)and Rwanda’s Lead negotiator at global climate talks in Sharm El Sheikh on Friday pointed out that Rwanda…
Activists: We will win against fossil fuels
African activists have promised resistance at home to oil-and-gas touting leadersBy Agatha Ngotho Members of GreenFaith, a multi-faith climate justice organization, demonstrate at the Action Area in Sharm El Sheikh,…
COP27: Negotiators worried over little progress on climate talks
African climate negotiators express concern over lack of progress on adaptation, climate finance, loss and damage By Agatha Ngotho Alioune Ndoye, President of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment…
COP27: Action plan to make clean technologies cheaper launched
By Aghan Daniel I aghan@meshascience.org Activists at the COP An initiative that seeks to reduce carbon emissions, a major contributor to the warming of the earth, has been launched. The…
COP27: New report urges innovative building solutions as Africa’s response to reducing greenhouse gases
by Aimable TwahirwaDespite an increase in energy efficiency investment and lower energy intensity, the building and construction sector’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions have rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic to an…
COP27: Activists say hunger, food insecurity rising in Africa driven by climate change
by Aimable Twahirwa Around 70 percent of Africans relying on rain-fed farming, meaning hundreds of millions of people will be severely affected by climate-driven droughts, heatwaves, and other natural disasters from…
