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Cop 27: Countries Urged To Scale Up Their Commitments

Cop 27: Countries Urged To Scale Up Their Commitments By Tsim Mavisi The 27th Conference of Parties (COP 27) on climate change commences in Egypt with renewed calls for countries to honor and scale up their commitments to reach the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. In his welcoming remarks, […]

Climate Pledges could Compromise Food Production, Nature Protection

Climate Pledges could Compromise Food Production, Nature Protection By Joyce Ojanji Countries’ intention to use 633 million hectares of the total land area for carbon capture tactics like tree planting, would eat up land desperately needed for food production and nature protection. This is according to a new study, released by Melbourne Climate Futures, the […]

Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative, a Big Lesson as COP27 Opens

Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative, a Big Lesson as COP27 Opens By Mekonnen Teshome As the global climate change conference kicks off in Egypt, One of Ethiopia’s top agendas is to share lessons from its Green Legacy Initiative which led to the planting of 25 billion trees in four years. This is according to the Planning […]

Climate Change: Countries Urged to Prioritize Adaptation Financing

Climate Change: Countries Urged to Prioritize Adaptation Financing By Tsim Mavisi Despite climate change impacts intensifying across the globe, a new report by United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) shows thatefforts in adaptation planning, financing, and implementation are too little and slow. “Adaptation needs in the developing world are set to skyrocket to as much as […]

Climate-Favorable Policy Reforms could Improve Cameroon’s Economy

Climate-Favorable Policy Reforms could Improve Cameroon’s Economy By Mary Hearty If Cameroon embarks on reforming policies to influence climate-action investments like renewable energy and rich natural capital endowment, the country could reduce its poverty rate five-fold by 2050 from 15% to three percent according to the World Bank’s newly released Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR). In […]

04 Nov, 22

Kenya: Cassava Solar Driers Cushioning Farmers against Post-harvest Losses in Busia

Kenya: Cassava Solar Driers Cushioning Farmers against Post-harvest Losses in Busia By Joyce Ojanji Fresh cassava roots are highly perishable with some studies showing a shelf-life of less than 72 hours after harvest and post-harvest losses of about one in four (more than 23%) for freshly harvested roots. To preserve the crop, farmers especially in […]

Africa: Climate-Related Health Crisis Worsens as Disease Outbreaks Surge

Africa: Climate-Related Health Crisis Worsens as Disease Outbreaks Surge By Joyce Ojanji The number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn of Africa has reached their highest level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger, especially due to drought. […]

Asian Mosquito Linked to Ethiopian Outbreak

By Sharon Atieno Experts raise alarm that the malaria landscape in Africa could change as a new study links a mosquito native to South Asia, India and the Persian Gulf specifically, to an urban outbreak of the disease in Ethiopia. The outbreak occurred in Dire Dawa, a city in eastern Ethiopia that typically records only […]

03 Nov, 22

Kenya: Brace for Rainfall

Kenya: Brace for Rainfall By Joyce Ojanji Rainfall is expected over several parts of the country including the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley, the Coast, and North-eastern Kenya, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD). The weather […]

02 Nov, 22

Kenya: Breast Care Centre to Make Breast Cancer Treatment Accessible, Affordable

Kenya: Breast Care Centre to Make Breast Cancer Treatment Accessible, Affordable By Mary Hearty In an effort to make breast cancer treatment more accessible and affordable to patients in Kenya, the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) has launched a Comprehensive Breast Care Centre. The Centre which seeks to intensify screening, diagnostics, and […]