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World Edges Closer to 1.5°C Warming Threshold for Third Consecutive Year

Peter Ngare January 14, 2026

The world is nearing the 1.5°C climate threshold, with WMO data confirming that 2025 averaged 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels, marking three consecutive years of record heat. Climate extremes are no longer rare, but a new global reality. For Kenya, this warming trajectory threatens food security, water resources, and public health, underscoring the urgency of climate-resilient action.

Climate Change

Kiambu and Nakuru Identified as Critical to Kenya’s Climate Mitigation Efforts

Peter Ngare January 9, 2026

Kenya’s intermediary cities like Kiambu and Nakuru could determine the country’s climate future. A new OECD and UN-Habitat report warns that car-centred planning risks locking these fast-growing urban areas into high emissions. Early action on transport and land use could cut pollution while improving access to jobs and services.

Conservation

Kenya Wildebeest Migration Decline in the Greater Mara

Peter Ngare January 2, 2026

New scientific data show the Mara-Loita wildebeest route has declined by nearly 90% in just five years due to fencing, land subdivision, and human expansion. The collapse threatens ecosystems, tourism, and the future of wildlife movement in the Greater Mara.

Conservation

Kenya’s Festive Season and Its Climate Cost

Peter Ngare December 22, 2025

Kenya’s festive season brings joy, movement, and togetherness—but it also carries an environmental cost hidden in traffic emissions, plastic waste, and unsustainable consumption. As celebrations peak, so does pressure on the climate and natural systems. This Christmas, the choices we make matter more than we think.

Climate Change

UNEA-7 Exposes Deep Fault Lines in Global Environmental Action

Peter Ngare December 17, 2025

UNEA-7 closed in Nairobi with landmark resolutions but also revealed growing fractures in global environmental governance. Debates over critical minerals, climate justice, and implementation gaps underscored how far the world still is from delivering a fair and effective green transition.

Food Systems

FAO Warns Land Degradation Is Undermining Africa’s Food Future

Peter Ngare December 16, 2025

Land degradation is undermining Africa’s food security as soils lose fertility, forests disappear and climate stress intensifies. A new FAO report warns that without urgent land restoration and sustainable farming, smallholder livelihoods and national economies face growing risk.

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.

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.

Food Systems

Sahel Gets $14.6m AfDB Boost for Climate and Food Security

Peter Ngare December 1, 2025

The African Development Fund has approved a $14.64 million grant to expand a major food security and climate resilience programme in the Sahel. The funding will scale climate-smart villages, strengthen regional seed systems, and support vulnerable communities facing worsening climate shocks. Women and youth will receive targeted support as the initiative boosts agricultural resilience across the region.

Food Systems

High Court Rules Farmers Can Freely Save and Share Seeds

Peter Ngare November 28, 2025

The High Court has declared as unconstitutional critical sections of the Seed and Plant Varieties Act (SPVA), effectively overturning prohibitions on the saving, sharing and sale of uncertified seeds by smallholder farmers.