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Plastic pollution: Protecting the Rights and Health of Waste Pickers in Dandora
By Melisa Mong'ina Waste Pickers play a crucial role in recycling and managing waste, yet…
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Financing: Why Negotiators Must Tread Carefully in Solving the Global Plastic Treaty’s FundingDilemma
With two weeks of talks on global climate finance scheduled to end on Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan, many developing countries are left frustrated at what they believed was a lack of progress in the first week. Poorer countries want at least $1tn a year to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather.
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Karura Forest Under Siege?
The Friends of Karura Forest, mandated to protect and conserve the urban forest in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KFS), has allayed concerns about illegal logging in the ecosystem.
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Kenya, Africa Urge Unity on Global Plastic Pollution Crisis
Kenyan civil society organizations, led by the Centre for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Nairobi, are calling on African leaders to unite and demand decisive action to reduce plastic production and eliminate hazardous chemicals throughout the lifecycle of plastics.
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Beware! You will be Taxed if Your Cow Farts
Attention livestock farmers! Be forewarned that there may be a tax imposed on your cows if they happen to pass gas. Yes, you read that correctly - cow farts could potentially cost you some extra cash.
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Plastics Ban Treaty Crossroads: Can INC-5 Deliver?
Policymakers are not holding back their feelings that, more than any other issue, the production
of plastic has divided INC participants. Some argue that no government will attack the profitable
hyper-consumption paradigm fueled by the pivot from petroleum as fuel to petroleum as a
source for raw materials for plastic product manufacturing (plastics is the solid form of
petroleum), and a lot of compromise will have to be made to come out with a treaty.
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Kenya Secures Ksh660 Million for Enhanced Weather and Climate Services
Kenya is set to receive up to Ksh660 million (£4 million) in new funding for its weather and climate information services under the WISER (Weather and Climate Information Services) Africa programme. This is part of a £30 million (Ksh4.8 billion) commitment announced by UK Development Minister Anneliese Dodds at COP29.
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COP Climate Talks Need Urgent Overhaul, Say Global Experts
The COP climate talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are "no longer fit for purpose" and urgently require an overhaul, according to key experts, including former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and former UN climate officials.
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UN Climate Chief Warns Climate Crisis Threatens Global Economy
Speaking at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell highlighted the economic impact of climate change, noting it is slicing up to 5% off GDP in many countries.
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UN Chief Urges More Funding for Climate Loss and Damage
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, speaking at COP29 in Baku, highlighted that the initial $700 million for the Loss and Damage Fund—a victory for developing nations, multilateralism, and climate justice—equates to the annual earnings of the world’s ten highest-paid footballers.