Noticias sobre Kenya
Rate and impact of climate change surges dramatically in 2011-2020
The rate of climate change surged alarmingly between 2011-2020, which was the warmest decade on record.
Drought data shows “an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale”
UNCCD launches ‘Global Drought Snapshot’ report at COP28 in collaboration with International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA).
Data centers ‘straining water resources’ as AI swells
For the past 19 years, Felix Adebayo has called Balarabe Musa Crescent in Victoria Island, an affluent area within Nigeria's bustling Lagos city, his home.
Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world
In line with this year’s World Toilet Day theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of the world’s 3.5 billion people living without safe toilets.
Flood warnings for Africa advance with EU expertise
Satellites and on-the-ground sensors are helping Kenya, Ghana and Zambia tackle inundation risks and farmers cope with drought.
Bezos Earth Fund partners with Water.org to improve water infrastructure for climate mitigation
Funding will reduce water and energy waste, which can lower carbon emissions, and help create lasting water or sanitation solutions for 20 million people.
Bentley Systems Announces The 2023 Going Digital Awards In Infrastructure Founders’ Honors
Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure Founders’ Honors.
Early Warnings For All Action Plan for Africa is launched
Africa is vulnerable to droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and heatwaves Only 40% of the African population has access to early warning systems Early Warnings plan for Africa…
Africa suffers disproportionately from climate change
Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate change.
Socio-environmental vulnerability index pinpoints sustainability issues in Brazilian river basin
By Luciana Constantino | Agência FAPESP
Then vs. now: Did the Horn of Africa reach a drought tipping point 11,700 years ago?
‘Wet gets wetter, dry gets drier’.
IPCC elects Jim Skea as the new Chair
Jim Skea of the United Kingdom is the newly elected Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Bridging the divide between water and finance
Water managers often claim that more funding needs to be invested in water security.
World Environment Day brings solutions to plastic pollution into focus
Individuals, communities, civil society, businesses and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day with a focus on solutions to plastic pollution, with official celebrations held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, with the support of the Netherlands.
UN 2023 Water Conference: moving forward on water commitments
Global progress on water and sanitation faces many challenges.
Wastewater microfibers contribute to potential pollution on Kenyan coastline
Washing clothes releases microfibers, which can be synthetic (plastic) and non-synthetic, but little is understood about the environmental impact.
New analysis finds a 70% funding cap for water programs in 41 countries
Action Against Hunger calls on donors to close the water funding gap to help tackle rising hunger.
USAID launches $100m investment to enhance water, sanitation and hygiene in Kenya
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WHO: Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa
Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have left nearly 130,000 people “looking death in the eyes” and nearly 50 million facing crisis levels of food insecurity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Highest emergency level declared over cholera outbreaks
Health experts around the world have expressed alarm at the extent and gravity of recent cholera outbreaks in 30 countries.