Kenya

Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: exploring the business case

The carbon footprint of food loss and waste (FLW) is estimated to be up to 3.49 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (gtCO2e), representing up to 6–10% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (HLPE 2014). Addressing FLW can reduce the emission intensity of the agricultural system; i.e.

Publication Date:

05/03/2019

Author(s): Duncan Gromko, Gulbahar Abdurasulova

Source: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Agriculture, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Food Supply, Africa

Water Resources

Kenya: Ministry Revives Water Projects That Gobbled Up Sh3.3 Billion

The Umaa and Badassa dams which gobbled up Sh3.342 billion of taxpayer funds before they stalled without storing a cubic metre of water are back from the dead.

Publication Date:

03/03/2019

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Africa, Kenya, Dams, Water Resoures

Energy

Sustainable pastureland intensification: making room for energy crops without harming biodiversity

Biofuels are an essential renewable energy resource, with 40% (90 exajoules) of renewable energy resources projected to come from biofuel sources by 2050. In order to meet these projected energetic demands, biofuel production must be increased from the current annual biofuel yield of 50 exajoules.

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Source: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Tags:

Biofuel, Bio Fuel Crops, Biodiversity, Renewable Energy, Colombia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya

Climate Change

Child poverty, disasters and climate change: investigating relationships and implications over the life course of children

This study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters, including those influenced by climate change, and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores these connections through a lifecycle approach focusing on the incidence of child poverty and longer-term poverty dynamics and wellbeing.

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Author(s): Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd, John Twigg

Source: Overseas Development Institute

Tags:

Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Children, Poverty, Bihar, India, Kenya

Health

Kenya to increase funding to fight against non-communicable diseases

Kenya's health ministry said Thursday it will increase budgetary allocations towards the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Source: Xinhua

Tags:

Health, Non Communicable Diseases, Diseases, Health Care, Kenya, Africa

Dams/ Irrigation

Kenya May Arrest Two Ministers Over Loss of Dam Funds, Star Says

At least two Kenyan cabinet secretaries are facing arrest for their alleged role in two dam projects through which public funds were misappropriated, the Star reported, citing people it didn’t iden

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Source: Bloomberg

Tags:

Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Kenya, Corruption, Africa

Forests

Fire threatens rare Kenya bamboo forest

A fire believed to have been started by illegal marijuana farmers is threatening tens of thousands of hectares of bamboo forest in Mount Kenya.

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Source: BBC (UK)

Tags:

Forests, Forest Fires, Bamboo, Kenya, Africa

Dams/ Irrigation

Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta Urged to Crack Down on Dams Scandal

Pressure mounted on President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday to push out Cabinet secretaries linked to the construction of two mega dams in the North Rift that have been mired in a massive bribery sca

Publication Date:

28/02/2019

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Dams, Dams/ Irrigation, Corruption, Kenya, Africa

Natural Disasters