How Rift Valley lakes are snatching democracy

The lakes are displacing thousands, and rendering property worth millions of shillings useless.

By 1 month ago

COP30 should enable Africa beat climate crisis

An ugly bloody incident occurred in Belem, Brazil, this week, as protesters breached security and forced themselves into the priority Blue Zone at the COP30 venue.

By 2 months ago

COP30: Africa must push for climate solutions, not lip service

Africa deserves better funding than what it is getting. The continent needs more money for clean energy adaptation, not for more fossil fuel projects.

By 2 months ago

Even in its stillness, a fallen giant tree still gives

In their silence, fallen trees gain their respect for the storms they helped weather. Meanwhile, they inspire the start of a new life, or a renewal.

By 3 months ago

Engage children at all levels in climate justice

If children could be given room to play in the rain, they always would, because it is fun.

By 3 months ago

How Rift Valley lakes are snatching democracy

The lakes are displacing thousands, and rendering property worth millions of shillings useless.

By 1 month ago

COP30 should enable Africa beat climate crisis

An ugly bloody incident occurred in Belem, Brazil, this week, as protesters breached security and forced themselves into the priority Blue Zone at the COP30 venue.

By 2 months ago

COP30: Africa must push for climate solutions, not lip service

Africa deserves better funding than what it is getting. The continent needs more money for clean energy adaptation, not for more fossil fuel projects.

By 2 months ago

Even in its stillness, a fallen giant tree still gives

In their silence, fallen trees gain their respect for the storms they helped weather. Meanwhile, they inspire the start of a new life, or a renewal.

By 3 months ago

Engage children at all levels in climate justice

If children could be given room to play in the rain, they always would, because it is fun.

By 3 months ago

How Rift Valley lakes are snatching democracy

The lakes are displacing thousands, and rendering property worth millions of shillings useless.

By 1 month ago

COP30 should enable Africa beat climate crisis

An ugly bloody incident occurred in Belem, Brazil, this week, as protesters breached security and forced themselves into the priority Blue Zone at the COP30 venue.

By 2 months ago

COP30: Africa must push for climate solutions, not lip service

Africa deserves better funding than what it is getting. The continent needs more money for clean energy adaptation, not for more fossil fuel projects.

By 2 months ago

Even in its stillness, a fallen giant tree still gives

In their silence, fallen trees gain their respect for the storms they helped weather. Meanwhile, they inspire the start of a new life, or a renewal.

By 3 months ago

Engage children at all levels in climate justice

If children could be given room to play in the rain, they always would, because it is fun.

By 3 months ago

How Rift Valley lakes are snatching democracy

The lakes are displacing thousands, and rendering property worth millions of shillings useless.

By Lynet Otieno 1 month ago

COP30 should enable Africa beat climate crisis

An ugly bloody incident occurred in Belem, Brazil, this week, as protesters breached security and forced themselves into the priority Blue Zone at the COP30 venue.

By Lynet Otieno 2 months ago

COP30: Africa must push for climate solutions, not lip service

Africa deserves better funding than what it is getting. The continent needs more money for clean energy adaptation, not for more fossil fuel projects.

By Lynet Otieno 2 months ago

Even in its stillness, a fallen giant tree still gives

In their silence, fallen trees gain their respect for the storms they helped weather. Meanwhile, they inspire the start of a new life, or a renewal.

By Lynet Otieno 3 months ago

Engage children at all levels in climate justice

If children could be given room to play in the rain, they always would, because it is fun.

By Lynet Otieno 3 months ago

Africa is not asking for favours from the UN

Africa grapples with climate change, food security, disease, war and water stress, among others, not by choice, but circumstance.

By Lynet Otieno 3 months ago

Bamboo is unsung hero in conservation efforts

A few months ago, as I headed West, I detoured to buy tree seedlings from a nameless ranch somewhere in Narok, Kenya, to gift my hosts

By Lynet Otieno 4 months ago

Geneva plastic treaty failure calls for innovation

A few days ago, as I approached our bin area to throw waste, I noticed a man had been allowed in by a sympathetic guard, and he was picking plastics.

By Lynet Otieno 5 months ago

Policies are great, but involving citizens works

Proper and integrated planning, as well as deeper community participation, have led to implementation of more than 150 climate adaptation projects.

By Lynet Otieno 5 months ago

Demanding ecological justice is a form of worship

Faith leaders must speak to power locally and globally, holding them accountable for fair resource governance, equitable borrowing, and just taxation.

By Lynet Otieno 5 months ago

Africa has what it needs to achieve food security

In a continent bedeviled with conflict in smaller, but key areas, with a humanitarian crisis we have chosen to ignore, hunger and disease and migration, remain Africa's daily worries.

By Lynet Otieno 5 months ago

ICJ's opinion on climate responsibility is spot on

Something good happened in The Hague this week. It came with a momentum worth keeping in the fight for climate justice locally and beyond.

By Lynet Otieno 5 months ago

AI, youth Africa's best allies in climate action

I recently attended a two-day African religious leaders' training that touched on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) risks and opportunities in pastoral work.

By Lynet Otieno 6 months ago

Africa paying price of delayed climate funding

Wealthy nations pledged to mobilise at least $789 million. However, only $348 million has so far been raised and disbursed.

By Lynet Otieno 6 months ago

G20's political will key to Africa's climate fight

Africa must exert pressure to ensure G20 countries commit to substantially cutting GHG emissions and adequately mobilise climate funds for the sake of developing countries.

By Lynet Otieno 6 months ago

Climate action with fairness is the real deal

The chorus is familiar: Africa suffers some of the worst climate disasters despite being the least contributor to the cause, an unsustainable rate at which the globe is warming.

By Lynet Otieno 6 months ago

If you control land use, you determine food safety

Land related stories hit headlines when disputes get deadly. And they are many. Even blood brothers kill for it. The recent killing of a family of nine in Siaya was due to a land dispute.

By Lynet Otieno 7 months ago

Adaptation funds must up Africa food security

A recent visit to the village gave me hope, for once, that there may be better harvest this year.

By Lynet Otieno 7 months ago

Adaptation should protect male fertility

There are days the government advises people to stay indoors as much as possible during the day to minimise effects of heatwaves.

By Lynet Otieno 8 months ago

Last year's Mai Mahiu tragedy was preventable

One year on, families in Mai Mahiu are still reeling from the pain of losing or missing loved ones in a flash flood.

By Lynet Otieno 8 months ago

New climate plan must be alive to usual hurdles

New climate plan must be alive to usual hurdles.

By Lynet Otieno 8 months ago

Climate action must guarantee safety and justice

I "made it" to the North-Eastern part of Kenya last November to train teams on identifying impact stories for the projects they had engaged

By Lynet Otieno 8 months ago

Earth Day is a reminder of our duty to nature

Earth Day serves as a powerful call to cherish and protect the natural world

By Lynet Otieno 9 months ago

How climate change has fuelled a health crisis

To the common man, climate change may mean just extreme weather, usually characterised by floods or drought.

By Lynet Otieno 9 months ago

Prioritise loss and damage grants to communities

A proposal by the UN fund on loss and damage suggests prioritising governments in their disbursement of money to reduce risks and respond to climate-induced loss and damage.

By Lynet Otieno 9 months ago