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UNEP Warns World Set to Exceed 1.5°C Limit

Benard Ogembo December 10, 2025

The UNEP Global Environment Outlook 2025 warns that the world is set to exceed the 1.5°C limit, with intensifying climate disasters, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The report calls for urgent systemic change and stronger global cooperation to avert a devastating future.

Food Systems

NDMA Sounds Alarm of Hunger as Drought Deepens

Peter Ngare December 10, 2025

Kenya’s drought crisis is worsening across 23 ASAL counties, with Mandera already in the “Alarm” phase. NDMA warns that 1.76 million people need urgent assistance, a figure expected to rise sharply by early 2026.

Climate Change

UNEA-7: Stakeholders Explore Ways of Breaking Plastics Treaty Deadlock

Benard Ogembo December 10, 2025

Global stakeholders at UNEA-7 warned that the plastics treaty process remains at risk following the collapse of INC-5.2 talks. Experts called for renewed trust, stronger rules, and political courage ahead of INC-5.4.

Conservation

Karura Forest Crisis Resolved as Joint Management Restored

Neville Ng'ambwa December 9, 2025

The successful joint management of Nairobi’s Karura Forest, a model partnership between the Friends of Karura Forest (FKF) and the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), has been reaffirmed following a brief but disruptive crisis in late August 2025 .

Feature

15 Tough Environmental Resolutions Take Centre Stage at UNEA-7

Benard Ogembo December 9, 2025

As the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) gets underway in Nairobi, attention is firmly fixed on the 15 resolutions that could shape global environmental action for years to come.

Climate Change

UNEA-7 Opens in Nairobi Amid Rising Global Environmental Tensions

Benard Ogembo December 9, 2025

UNEA-7 has opened in Nairobi as the world faces escalating climate disasters, worsening pollution, and weakening global cooperation. Delegates from 193 countries are under pressure to rebuild trust, negotiate 15 key resolutions, and deliver urgent action for people and the planet.

Food Systems

Forests Could Be the Key to Saving Global Agriculture

Peter Ngare December 8, 2025

A new global report reveals that forests and trees are vital to the future of agriculture. They regulate climate, protect soils, stabilize water systems, boost biodiversity, and help farmers build climate-resilient food systems—offering one of the strongest pathways to sustainable global agriculture.

Opinions

Nairobi’s Development Waiver Sparks Environmental Conflict

Big3Africa News Desk December 5, 2025

Nairobi’s new six-month development amnesty has sparked a heated clash between urban planning goals and environmental protection. While the County Government argues it will help formalize unsafe or unapproved buildings, critics warn it legitimizes construction on riparian zones and wetlands—undermining years of environmental enforcement and increasing the city’s climate vulnerability.

Climate Change

Kajiado Women’s Stories Shape Kenya’s Climate Future

Neville Ng'ambwa December 4, 2025

Maasai women in Kajiado are turning their lived climate struggles into national policy action. Through “Envisioning Resilience Kenya,” their stories of failed crops, rising risks, and innovative adaptation are now shaping Kenya’s climate strategies from the ground up.

Opinions

UNEA-7 Global Environmental Diplomacy Faces a Crisis

Benard Ogembo December 3, 2025

As UNEA-7 opens in Nairobi, global environmental diplomacy faces a profound crisis. Nations remain divided by sovereignty and geopolitical tensions, slowing progress on climate, plastic pollution, and biodiversity. The Assembly must overcome these obstacles to deliver real action for a planet in peril.