PolicyClimate changeKenyaThe upper-mantle structure of the Western Mediterranean Region, i.e. the Western Mediterranean basins with the surrounding land areas, has been investigated by means of surface-wave analysis. Phase velocities of teleseismic Rayleigh waves have been obtained from the records of...
Aden Duale, Leader of Majority in the National Assembly, in his submission to Parliament on Dec. 1, to drum support for approval of ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, said Kenya is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change as it is exhibited by the country's high dependenc...
Kenya has fast-tracked the implementation of resolutions adopted at the 72nd World Health Assembly in May to raise the visibility of nexus between climate change and a growing burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. Yeri Kombe, director general of the Kenya Medical Research Institute, s...
Dryland agricultural system is under threat due to climate extremes and unsustainable management. Understanding of climate change impact is important to de
Current climate change impact studies on coffee have not considered impact on coffee typicities that depend on local microclimatic, topographic and soil characteristics. Thus, this study aims to provide a quantitative risk assessment of the impact of cli
In a meeting on July 28 with Mohamed Irfaan Ali, president of the Caribbean country of Guyana, Xi also touched on dealing with climate change. Xi called on countries to "join hands to tackle global challenges such as climate change", when delivering a toast at the welcoming banquet of the...
KENYA: PROPOSED CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION WITH BETTER ODDS THIS YEARMiriam Gathigah
Future research is needed to quantify the potential role of human abstraction from coastal groundwater sources on subsidence and salinity at the site level, for example, as has been shown to be the case in Lamu Old Town, Kenya, and thereby the integrity of AHS87. Predicting morphological ...
Juma said that Kenya is committed to protect its territorial waters from illegal fishing and trans-national crimes like piracy, human trafficking and dumping of toxic waste, as it embarks on development of its nascent blue economy. "Maritime security has a positive bearing on the blue economy th...
The summit comes after the African Union and the government of Kenya co-hosted the inaugural Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi in September, culminating in the Nairobi Declaration that calls for a significant overhaul of the global financi...