Posts by Peter Ngare

Over 60% of the world’s land surface has breached the critical planetary boundary for functional biosphere integrity, signaling severe ecosystem degradation globally, a new study published in One Earth reveals.

Lolldaiga, spanning rolling hills and acacia woodlands, is home to endangered species like African elephants, black rhinos, and Grevy's zebras. The blaze destroyed critical habitats, incinerating vegetation that supported these animals and disrupting migration patterns.

Women in informal settings were found to be 10.8 percentage points more likely to suffer from depressive symptoms than those in better-equipped households. The ripple effects of poor mental health, researchers warn, stretch beyond individuals and threaten the social and economic stability of entire families.

Environmentalists and climate justice advocates have raised questions about how Kenya frames its climate resilience strategy after the counties of Kiambu, Nairobi and Mombasa were excluded from the latest disbursement of KES 11.2 billion in climate financing under Kenya’s Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) programme.