Kenya
Impact of climate on mountain ecosystems under scrutinySCIDEV.NET | 14 May 2012A four-year project aimed at addressing the lack of knowledge about the impacts of climate change on food security, livelihoods and economic prosperity in mountain ecosystems has been launched in East Africa. The project, Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA) will be coordinated by the Nairobi-based International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) with funding from Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kenya | Climate Change Impacts Africa: Kenya Targets Carbon Emissions TradeAllAfrica.com | 22 Jun 2010Kenya has announced plans to establish a regional carbon emissions trading scheme to steer Africa's carbon market. "Efforts must be made through comprehensive environmental conservation to forestall the adverse effects of climate change in order to reverse damages to our scarce arable land, water and biodiversity resources," finance minister Kenyatta told parliament.
Kenya | Biodiversity Kenya hopes to become Africa's carbon trade hubSCIDEV.NET | 21 Jun 2010Kenya's latest budget reveals big plans for the country to become a leader in carbon trading and to restore its damaged ecosystems. Kenyatta said a framework for carbon trading — in which polluters buy and sell the right to emit carbon — would be set up to outline how to register to participate in the scheme, how revenue would be shared and how to ensure accountability.
Kenya | Emissions Trading and Flexible Mechanisms Kenya: Climate Change Affects Rainmakers' PredictionsAllAfrica.com | 26 Mar 2010Indigenous people in western Kenya have relied on the mystical abilities of the Nganyi rainmakers to predict the weather for generations. However, the erratic weather caused by climate change has made the signs rainmakers need for their forecast opaque. The Nganyi rainmakers have begun collaborating with meteorologists, combining their indigenous knowledge with modern science, to help them make more accurate weather forecast for the communities that depend on their advice.
Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Kenya Africa: UN Meeting to Tackle Escalating Rhino PoachingUNEP | 19 Nov 2008In an effort to stop the escalation of rhino poaching and to break up criminal networks involved in the increasing illegal trade in their horns, the Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is meeting in Nairobi from 18 to 19 November 2008.
Kenya | Biodiversity Kenya: Biofuels Boom and BustInter Press Service | 24 Oct 2008The Kenyan government has hailed bio-diesel as an innovation that combines green politics with poverty reduction. But recent drops in biofuel prices have caused concern about the sustainability of alternative fuel production.
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