False solutions, green washing may put dampner on historic global plastic treaty

The real fight now is to develop a treaty without the negative influence of the conglomerates.

Nairobi Declaration set to fast track disaster risk reduction work

Sendai Framework aims to substantially reduce disaster risk and losses in lives and livelihoods 

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Leaders root for green growth, enhanced climate financing as talks begin

Move away from Global North vs Global South debate & join forces to end the climate crisis, says Kenya President Ruto

Civil society asks WTO members to raise concerns about ‘lop-sided’ Nairobi agreement

Organisations write letter calling on developing member nations to raise issue at General Council meet on Wednesday

WTO takes a wrong turn for development

The US, the EU and other developed countries are expected to make a concerted push for new issues

Multilateral fund offers $5.33 billion over 4 years to help solve biodiversity woes

The amount offered by the Global Environment Facility is much less than the $60 billion suggested by one non-profit

Unknown Future

The conference of parties to the un climate convention in Nairobi went along predictable lines.

Nairobi's water crisis likely to continue till 2026

On December 26, 2016, the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Ltd first announced “temporary” reduction of water supply, and the …

Living in Nairobi’s slums is tough — residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high BP than those in rural areas

Low socio-economic status of the slum residents, coupled with high medication prices and limited treatment aggravate the crisis

How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobi’s sex workers from accessing vital healthcare

Unfortunately, COVID-19 has made it harder than usual for sex workers all over Africa to access healthcare

Zero draft of global treaty to end plastic pollution released ahead of Nairobi meet

Member States will be invited to start INC-3 negotiations in Nairobi on the basis of the zero draft text

How the rise in ethnic tensions at Kenya's universities is hurting the academy

Ethnic consciousness has been a part of Kenya’s higher education politics since the first decade of independence

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Governments asked to enhance finance towards healthcare; invest in resilient systems 

Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250, 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, …

Africa Climate Summit 2023 ends with ‘Nairobi Declaration’, but not everyone is happy

The declaration has received mixed reactions, with activists, members of civil society, energy and health experts, criticising it for not being …

Citing an international meet

Another international meet fails to address the concerns of local poor people and follows the path shown by global bullies

Fate of the tuskers

Should nations who have done well for their elephants be punished for improper management by others?

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Opinion split on carbon markets, some call it license for Global North to pollute

Carbon credits promoted by powerful interests that benefit from maintaining the status quo of fossil fuel dependence, say opposers

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Poverty and stress is prevalent in Kenya’s low-income settings which increases the behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

Save the seas: African countries appeal funding for oceans at UNEA5 as calls for action grow

Portugal and Kenya will co-host the second UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon June 27-July 1, where best practices for sustainability of marine …

‘Indian and African leaders must not fail to protect interests of locals at upcoming WTO meet’

Civil society members have expressed deep concern about how talks in previous such meets have failed developing countries

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Renewable energy potential can make the continent energy self-sufficient, says Ruto

Continent’s renewable resources can help other nations achieve their net-zero strategies by 2050

UNEA 5.2: Environment ministers call for integrating ecosystem protection with public health policies

UN member states committ to mainstreaming biodiversity, climate change and pollution concerns into all policies at the ministerial declaration …

Talks on global plan to protect biodiversity begin in Nairobi

The meet is the first step towards adopting a new global framework on biodiversity post 2020

WTO trumped by America

WTO's recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires highlights the strain on the multilateral trading bloc from US unilateralism and its own`unfair' …

Biodiversity framework: Ambitions running amok at negotiations ahead of CoP15

Negotiators have a tough task to clean up the text of global biodiversity framework in 6 days and ready it for December