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Climate Change conversations from an African perspectives. Hosted by #SophieMbugua a #kenyan Environmental journalist.

Wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and biofuels are some of the renewable energy resources. They are said to be green because they come from na...

The area around Kenya's Lake Naivasha, including Kihoto, is considered part of the broader Lake Naivasha wetland ecosystem, as it is within...

As the climate crisis continues, come with me to Syethe village, southeast of Kenya's capital, Nairobi where we meet a group of women earnin...

Clear frameworks for community benefit sharing in the mining and renewable energy sectors are essential. However, Manson Gwanyanya, the rese...

Sensors on aeroplanes measure wind speed, humidity, and temperature, which is crucial for weather forecasting. As climate-related extreme ev...

Our children are the next generation. We, as humans, pass on our legacy to them, whether good or bad. The environment underpins humans' surv...

This week, I was visiting a town in Makueni County, located in the southeastern part of Kenya. About an hour's drive from Makueni's capital...

African nations are blessed with 30% of the world's critical minerals. Mineral that the world needs to develop solar panels, wind turbines,...

Humanly speaking, forests, minerals, oceans, water bodies, and other natural resources are seen as infinite by the human eye. Infinite in th...

Mangroves are versatile and flexible forests that can cope with enormous disturbances. Dr. Judith Okello, a senior research scientist and ma...

Featured today are a group of ladies who are establishing a livelihood by planting mangroves. About sixty kilometres south of Mombasa in Kwa...

Today we meet a Kenyan community saving the coral reefs along the Kenyan coast. Coral reefs along the Lamu-Kiunga area in Lamu County, a sma...

Women in Olailamutia, a town in Kenya's Narok County, have had problems with diarrhoea, stomachaches, and skin rashes for many years. Having...

In today's episode, we meet Isaac Macharia, a Kenyan social entrepreneur who makes cabins out of plastic to keep Kenya's Masai Mara clean. I...

Picture this. It's a lovely evening. You and your loved one are seated somewhere, enjoying some juice or beer from a glass made out of liquo...

For effective climate action in Africa to take shape, the African Group of negotiators lead negotiator on finance, Ambassador Mohamed Nasr,...

The climate finance needs of developing countries have risen way beyond the 100 billion USD promised by developed countries 15 years ago. Th...

COP28 takes place against the backdrop of increased financial needs to address climate change adaptation, mitigation, as well as loss and da...

A 24-member transitional committee on loss and damage issued a proposal for a new loss and damage fund ahead of the 28th UN Climate Summit (...

Lake Ol' Bolossat is the only lake in the Kenyan highlands, situated in Nyandarua County, about a three and a half-hour drive from Kenya's c...

Economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with the extreme event are increasing in developing countries. Extreme events such as d...

Not only are local communities and organisations essential for conservation but also for addressing issues of sustainability, poverty reduct...

During the 28th United Nations climate summit, hosted by the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December 2023, the first global...

"After colonialism, religion depicted that we "Africans" lived in a satanic manner," argues Florence Monde. Mwauluka, a woman of 85 years ol...

Meet Florence Monde. Mwauluka is an 85-year-old woman popularly known here as Auntie Flo. She is the founder of the Limulunga la Makuwa craf...

Is there a solution to the persisting water crisis in Zimbabwe? I ask Professor Tamuka Nhiwatiwa, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Bio...

When the Lozi people migrated to the Barotse Floodplains in western Zambia about 400 years ago, they heaped soil on platforms and settled in...

Did you know that the Barotse floodplain, located in the upper Zambezi basin in Zambia's western province, has over 339 bird species and ove...

In order to manage and safeguard the nation's forests, Zambia has a proactive 2015 forest act that brings together stakeholders, including l...

It's nature that gives humans food, air, and medicine; hence, you must give back to nature. But, decades of development have not prioritised...

At the foot of the Aberdare mountains in Kenya, about an hour's drive to Lake Naivasha, a youth group is encouraging farmers to preserve the...

About an hour and a half drive from Kenya's capital city Nairobi exists the Kinangop Plateau. It is the middle catchment area between the Ab...

The Raya residents in Garissa - North east of Kenya - say they gave up 85 hectares (210 acres) of their land to make way for the solar power...

Today, I am visiting Kenya's Kereita forest - a critical water catchment area and home to the endangered Abbott's Starling bird and threaten...

About 30 years ago in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, agenda 21 recognized that humanity stands at a defining moment in history, confronted by worse...

Happy New Year: 2023. Last year the year 2022, the average global temperature was about 1.15 degrees Celsius. 2022 marks the 8th consecutive...

Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has come with its fair share of blessings in terms of communication and transport. The Mombasa to the K...

The Sharm el-Sheikh, decision was reached early morning on last Sunday the 20th as official plenary started at 4am. Among the wins for the C...

The 27th UN Climate summit is already underway till next week in Egypt's coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh. It is essential to recognize that...

Forests and savannahs provide a wide variety of ecosystem services. They provide food and fuel. Additionally, they clean the air, filter wat...

Human activities led to roughly 1.1°C of warming between 1850-1900. If this trend continues, scientists warn that global warming will exceed...

In the Horn of Africa, pastoralists have often moved. The movement is a crucial driver for community resilience. However, the slow onset of...

The 27th United nation Climate summit (COP27) is eight weeks away. COP27 occurs when several climate-related emergency crises, such as flood...

In many African communities, traditional weather forecasting was relied upon to determine when famers would plant. Still among many communit...

Africa is home to about 560 million people out of over 700 million without access to electricity worldwide. In July 2022, the African Union...

Hydro energy comprises of 83percent of Zambia's installed capacity. In 2015, climate change impacts reduced Zambia energy generation capacit...

Africa is a continent hard hit by climate change though least emitter. Erratic rains and floods, prolonged droughts, climate related migrati...

Drought situation continues to worsen in Kenya. In Kenya's Rift Valley, local says they last harvested since 2018. This year it has rained f...

Kenyan minority indigenous community - the Endorois live around Lake Bogoria in Baringo County in Kenya's Rift valley. In 1970's they lost t...

Today in a special program swap with DW- Living Planet we here how climate change is impacting women in girls, in Kenya. As temperature cont...