Kenya

Kenya loses 396 elephants during 2018 reports Wildlife Service

Kenya lost 396 elephants in 2018 due to diverse causes, compared to 727 that died last year, the wildlife agency said on Thursday.

Publication Date:

02/01/2019

Source: Coast Week (Kenya)

Tags:

Kenya, Elephant, Poaching

Climate Change

Climate, conflict and forced migration

Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to the migration crisis in Europe. Exploiting bilateral data on asylum seeking applications for 157 countries over the period 2006–2015, we assess the determinants of refugee flows using a gravity model which accounts for endogenous selection in order to examine the causal link between climate, conflict and forced migration.

Publication Date:

01/01/2019

Author(s): Guy J. Abel, Michael Brottrager, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma & et al

Source: Global Environmental Change

Vol:

54

pp:

239-249

Tags:

Climate Change, Conflicts, Migration, Displacement, Rainfall Pattern, Drought, Natural Disaster, Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Floods, Storms, Sea Level Rise, Cyclones, Syria, Refugees

Wildlife

Kenya: Elephant Poaching Reduces By 50% to 40 Cases in 2018 - KWS

Nairobi — Elephant poaching in the country has reduced by 50 per cent, Kenya Wildlife Service said.

Publication Date:

27/12/2018

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Africa, Nairobi, Elephant, Poaching, Kenya

Energy

Derisking renewable energy investment: off-grid electrification

Worldwide, around 1 billion people currently lack access to electricity, the vast majority in rural areas. A real opportunity exists to now meet this challenge with private sector solutions for off-grid renewable energy, either via solar-battery mini-grids or solar home systems.

Publication Date:

10/12/2018

Source: UNDP

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Off-Grid, Finance, Electricity, Uttar Pradesh, India, Kenya, Africa

Energy

Derisking renewable energy investment: off grid electrification - executive summary

Worldwide, around 1 billion people currently lack access to electricity, the vast majority in rural areas. A real opportunity exists to now meet this challenge with private sector solutions for off-grid renewable energy, either via solar-battery mini-grids or solar home systems.

Publication Date:

10/12/2018

Source: UNDP

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Finance, Off-Grid, Electricity, Developing Countries, Uttar Pradesh, India, Kenya, Africa, Private Sector

Energy

Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges

There is a strong link between gender and energy in view of food preparation and the acquisition of fuel, especially in rural areas.

Publication Date:

01/12/2018

Author(s): Mary Njenga, Ruth Mendum

Source: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Tags:

Biogas, Biomass, Waste Management, Women, Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya

Energy

Kenya abandons thermal power plants for wind energy

Due to the recently connected 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Farm, Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter has stated that three thermal power plants with a combined capacity of 190MW would no longer be ne

Publication Date:

28/11/2018

Source: ESI Africa

Tags:

Africa, Kenya, Wind Energy, Thermal Power Plants, Electricity

AIDS

Kenya aims to reduce new HIV adult infections by 75 pct in 2019

Kenya targets to reduce new HIV infections among adults by 75 percent and cut mother-to-child transmission to 5 percent by next year, the National Aids Control Council (NACC) said in a report relea

Publication Date:

28/11/2018

Source: Coast Week (Kenya)

Tags:

Africa, Kenya, AIDS

Solid Waste

Kenya: Nyong'o Calls for Absolute Ban of Plastic to Safeguard Ocean Resources

Nairobi — Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o has proposed the extension of the ban on single-use plastic to plastic bottles to mitigate the influx of plastic waste in water bodies.

Publication Date:

28/11/2018

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Africa, Kenya, Plastics

Health

Kenya aims to reduce new HIV adult infections by 75 pct in 2019

Kenya targets to reduce new HIV infections among adults by 75 percent and cut mother-to-child transmission to 5 percent by next year, the National Aids Control Council (NACC) said in a report relea

Publication Date:

28/11/2018

Source: Coast Week (Kenya)

Tags:

Africa, Kenya, AIDS