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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.

Conservation

Kenya Publishes New Draft E-Waste & Environmental Assessment Rules

Peter Ngare November 24, 2025

Kenya has released two draft regulations aimed at improving e-waste management and strengthening environmental assessments. NEMA is inviting the public to review and submit feedback before the laws are finalized.

Green Finance

Africa Can Create 25 Million Green Jobs by 2050, Says World Bank Report

Peter Ngare November 17, 2025

A new World Bank report shows Africa’s green transition could unlock up to 25 million new jobs. With smart investment in clean energy, climate-smart agriculture and resilient cities, the continent has a real opportunity to build a stronger, greener future for its fast-growing youth population.

Climate Change

World Falling Behind on 2030 Clean Energy Goals, New Report Warns

Peter Ngare November 11, 2025

A new report by IRENA, the COP28 Presidency, and partners warns that global progress toward tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030 is dangerously off track. Despite record solar growth in 2023, other renewables and efficiency efforts remain far too slow to meet the UAE Consensus targets.