Noticias sobre Kenya
Looking at algal blooms in Kenya’s Lake Victoria for what may come for Lake Erie
To try to understand how harmful algal blooms might evolve in Lake Erie in a warming climate, University of Michigan scientists helped conduct a survey of cyanobacteria in a gulf of Kenya’s Lake Victoria.
IWMI welcomes new leadership to drive strategy 2024-2030
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is welcoming five new members to its Board of Governors and an independent member to its Audit, Finance and Risk Committee.
UN urges investment in nature to mitigate billion-dollar drought costs
Sustainable land and water management for drought pays off, says new report.
Kenyan Government commissions Kigoro Water Plant to address water shortages in Nairobi
The Government of Kenya has commissioned the Sh 4.5 billion (about USD 35 million) Kigoro Water Treatment Plant in Gatanga, Murang’a County, a critical infrastructure project designed to alleviate water shortages in the Nairobi Metropolitan region, informs the Kenya News Agency.
Africa faces disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs
Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Cloud level rise from deforestation threatens water supply in African mountains, study finds
International researchers from Finland, Germany, South Africa, and Ethiopia report that deforestation during the last two decades induced a higher warming and cloud level rise than that caused by climate change, which threatens biodiversity and water supply in African montane forests.
Good sh*t: how human poo transforms agriculture and preserves the environment
Upon arrival at the faecal sludge treatment plant in Busia, Kenya, we are greeted by rows of neatly aligned brown mounds of organic material sheltered beneath a wooden structure.
Digital technology to tackle 21st century floods on a global scale
Floods, the deadliest natural disasters worldwide, have claimed the lives of approximately 3.2 million people in the past century; that is more than 50% of the victims of natural disasters in that period, according to data from the Water Research and Technological Development Center of the University of Salamanca (Spain).
Researcher uses quantum chemistry and AI to purify drinking water
At age 17, Diana Virgovicova discovered a molecule that can eliminate pollutants from water when exposed to sunlight.
Food insecurity, flash floods and drought add to conflict risk, analysis says
The WPS partnership’s latest update is based on a March 2024 analysis and focuses on the next 12 months.
“More private investment is needed to meet people’s water needs”
The World Bank is currently the largest multilateral financier dedicated to water initiatives in developing nations.
Only 36 per cent of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding met in 2023
In advance of World Water Day, Action Against Hunger calls for support to close the water funding gap.
Initiative to restore 30% of Pakistan’s Indus basin by 2030, 1 of 7 UN world restoration flagships
Efforts by local communities and civil society groups to protect and restore Pakistan’s Indus Basin, which has been rapidly degrading, are gaining momentum through the Government of Pakistan’s Living Indus initiative.
AFDB’s 5-year plan to boost development in Kenya focuses on water among key sectors
The African Development Bank’s interventions will target reducing transport costs and travel time, improving access to affordable water and sanitation services and increasing agricultural production capacity using irrigation.
11 countries assess national progress on water and sanitation
300 SWA partners from all constituencies in eleven SWA partner countries conducted a Country Self-Assessment, complementary to other ongoing global monitoring systems such as GLAAS or JMP.
UNEP-Rotary partnership aims to safeguard freshwater sources
A new partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and one of the world’s largest service organizations, Rotary International, will work to conserve and restore freshwater bodies UNEP and Rotary International announced their partnership at Rotary International Assembly, which ran from 7-11 January 2024.
Violence over water increases globally according to new data
A large number of new cases result from the Russia-Ukraine War, growing tensions in the Middle East, and ongoing conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa.
“The first thematic target of the GGA framework is dedicated to water and sanitation”
Climate change impacts are increasingly clear, but action to build resilience to climate shocks and the finance necessary for it continue to lag.
Report reveals a quarter of global freshwater fish face extinction risk
Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from Atlantic salmon to green turtles, today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals.
Global momentum for climate action surges as 38 nations embrace the Freshwater Challenge
The Freshwater Challenge aims to ensure 300,000km of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands are committed to restoration by 2030, and to protect freshwater ecosystems.