With two weeks of talks on global climate finance scheduled to end on Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan, many developing countries are left frustrated at what they believed was a lack of progress in the first week. Poorer countries want at least $1tn a year to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather.
Kenyan civil society organizations, led by the Centre for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Nairobi, are calling on African leaders to unite and demand decisive action to reduce plastic production and eliminate hazardous chemicals throughout the lifecycle of plastics.
Attention livestock farmers! Be forewarned that there may be a tax imposed on your cows if they happen to pass gas. Yes, you read that correctly – cow farts could potentially cost you some extra cash.
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.
Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi have discovered a natural solution to the plastic pollution crisis. Their latest study reveals that bacteria in the gut of mealworms can digest plastic, breaking it down into simpler, less harmful substances.
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.
Kenya has emerged as the leading country in East Africa regarding per-capita consumption-based carbon emissions. According to recent data, the average Kenyan lifestyle contributes approximately 0.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide (tCO₂) per person annually.
