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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.

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.

The inaugural 2024 China-Africa Renewable Energy Investment Summit convened investors and renewable energy stakeholders from several African countries, including Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Uganda. The summit aims to leverage Africa's vast clean energy potential by creating scalable models for renewable energy financing on the continent.

The donkeys of Lamu now face serious threats that jeopardize their well-being and, consequently, the town’s heritage. Mistreatment, exposure to plastic waste, and other harmful substances are rampant as these animals roam freely, often found rummaging through garbage dumps.

A groundbreaking report by Oxfam International, " Carbon Inequality Kills, " shows that the high carbon emissions of the world’s 50 richest people are worsening hunger, poverty, and deaths.