Beyond Climate Promises: What Vulnerable Countries Need From COP31

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 6 – With floods, droughts and extreme heat intensifying, developing countries are demanding climate finance and practical action as world leaders prepare for the UN climate summit in Türkiye. For families forced from their homes by floods, farmers watching prolonged drought destroy their livelihoods and communities struggling without reliable electricity, climate change…

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Kenya Unveils Sh26bn Plan to Rescue Degraded Landscapes in 12 Counties

By Fride Amiani PHOTO: Environment, Climate Change and Forestry CS Dr Deborah Barasa and Principal Secretary Gitonga Mugambi cut a celebratory cake during the launch of the Sh26 billion Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) in Nairobi on November 2, 2026. NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 2 – The Government has launched a Sh26 billion environmental restoration…

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Faith Leaders Demand Just Climate Action and Debt-Free Financing Ahead of COP31

​NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 24 – Ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), faith leaders and community representatives from across Africa have issued a unified, passionate call for just climate implementation, demanding an immediate shift from unfulfilled pledges to tangible, grant-based financing and frontline action. The declaration emerged following an intensive, day-and-a-half convening…

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Lukenya Schools Commissions 40 kW Solar Project to Cut Energy Costs and End Power Outages​

PHOTO: From L-R Lukenya Academy Primary and Junior School Principal Alfred Ngayai and two grade 8 learners Nicole Nyawira and Henry Musyoki join former school’s parent Patrick Musau (3rd left), Lukenya Schools Founder Mrs Kasanga Mulwa (2nd right) and Safer Power Group CEO Eng. Dalmus Mbai (right) in cutting a tape to commission a 40.92…

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Youths at WeCan Academy Clear 30 Tonnes of Waste and Plant 1,000 Trees in Roysambu Mazingira Day Clean-Up

PHOTO: WeCan Academy Youths collecting waste along TRM Drive, Roysambu during Mazingira Day By John Toris NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 – Early on Saturday morning, the 10th of October 2026, a different kind of crowd gathered along Thika Road. They were not there to demonstrate or make demands. They came carrying brooms, gloves, and young…

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Zoomlion Kenya Unveils Eco-Friendly Waste Farm at Wangu Comprehensive School

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – Zoomlion Kenya Waste Services Limited has officially launched its Eco-Friendly Waste Management Farm at Wangu Comprehensive Primary and Junior School in Dandora, Nairobi, marking a significant milestone in sustainable waste management, environmental conservation and community empowerment. The launch was held in strategic partnership with Hon. Esther Passaris, Nairobi County Woman…

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Kenya Counts Its Seedlings. Who Counts the Forests That Vanish?

Each year Kenya reports bigger tree-planting numbers: more seedlings in the ground, more volunteers turning out, more restoration goals declared. Environmental defenders now want to know what the national tally leaves out: how much standing forest is being lost while the planting is celebrated? More than 200 Kenyans took that question to the Ministry of…

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Kenyans Deliver 60,000-Signature Petition to Environment Ministry, Demand Forest Protection Plan Ahead of Mazingira Day

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – More than 200 Kenyans marched to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry on Tuesday and handed over a petition with over 60,000 signatures demanding that the government halt the destruction of public forests and present a forest protection plan on Mazingira Day this Saturday. The march was led…

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RCMRD Launches Regional Biodiversity Outlook to Accelerate Conservation Action Across Eastern and Southern Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 23 – In a major step toward evidence-based conservation, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) in partnership with the European Union has officially launched the Biodiversity Outlook for Eastern & Southern Africa (BOESA).​ The launch took place during the opening day of the Regional Workshop on Integrated Landscape…

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Stop Counting What You Plant, Start Counting What Survives: Dr. Isaac Kalua Green Challenges Global Conservation Strategy

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 14 – In an impassioned address calling for a fundamental shift in global environmental strategy, prominent Kenyan environmentalist Dr. Isaac Kalua Green has issued a radical challenge to the conservation movement: stop counting the number of saplings planted, and start tracking how many actually survive. ​Speaking at the launch of his new…

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