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COP17: Africa urges funding that puts women at centre

Nairobi, Aug. 24 -- Financing land restoration and drought resilience took centre stage on Monday as ministers, development partners, investors, businesses and civil society gathered at the UN Convent... Read More


Restoring land and hope: Kenya must see the economic opportunity

Nairobi, Aug. 23 -- Life pends on land, and so does the economy. When land loses productivity, the damage does not stop at the farm gate. It affects food production, livestock, water availability, inc... Read More


Kenya's rangeland heroine offers a lesson in climate leadership

Nairobi, Aug. 16 -- Kenyan scholar and indigenous peoples' advocate Kendi Borona has been named one of six Rangeland Heroes by the Global Landscapes Forum, alongside others from Peru, Jordan, India, A... Read More


Why Kenya's next economic miracle could come from its green innovators

Nairobi, Aug. 9 -- Young people are full of energy, ideas and an unwavering belief that tomorrow can be better than today. As the generation that will inherit the consequences of climate change, they ... Read More


Agroecology push needs effective coordination, not more pilot projects

Nairobi, Aug. 2 -- Last week, stakeholders from government, research institutions, private sector, civil society and development partners gathered at the National Agroecology Symposium, organised by P... Read More


Electoral commission should end disenfranchisement of its officials

Nairobi, July 26 -- A new team was appointed to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) last year. With this transition comes a fresh opportunity to reform Kenya's electoral system.... Read More


Why inequality, not growth, is Kenya's biggest challenge yet

Nairobi, July 19 -- Karl Marx, the revolutionary German economist and philosopher, wrote at a time of immense industrial transformation. Cities were swelling with workers drawn by the promise of oppo... Read More


Kenya's bottled water tax cut sends the wrong environmental signal

Nairobi, July 12 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has issued a circular removing excise duty on bottled water. Consumers battling the high cost of living may welcome the prospect of lower prices, ... Read More


Land degradation neutrality: Missing link in Africa's development agenda

Nairobi, June 28 -- As governments in Africa race to expand infrastructure, increase food production and attract investment, a silent crisis continues to undermine these ambitions: land degradation. ... Read More


When women speak for Mother Nature

Nairobi, June 21 -- Restoring the world's rangelands is no longer a distant environmental ambition. It is an urgent economic, ecological and social necessity. In Kilifi County, as Kenya hosted the gl... Read More