Environmental sustainability
After a plastic bag ban, Kenya takes another shot at its pollution problem
Despite a single-use bag ban in 2017, Nairobi and its waste collectors are still inundated with plastic. Can a new law pin responsibility on the manufacturers?
Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi
30, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
It’s high time to rethink how the World Bank operates
Many believe there is little future in trying to tackle problems of the 2020s with institutions created in the 1940s
Larry Elliott
19, Feb, 2023 @12:10 PM
From poaching to production: the fish farm that rehabilitated a Rwanda lake
An initiative to repopulate depleted waters is teaching villagers sustainable agriculture, providing jobs and improving diets
Khursheed Dinshaw in Gishanda
12, Jan, 2023 @7:45 AM
‘Means of survival’: Tanzania’s booming charcoal trade drives unchecked deforestation
As rising gas prices drive demand for the polluting fuel, illegal loggers depend on the trade to live – even as the forest disappears around them
Caroline Kimeu in Ruhoi forest reserve
13, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Somalia is not just a story of violence and state failure. Focus on our strengths | President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
The country can overcome multiple urgent challenges to achieve sustainable development for and with the people
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
09, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
‘It all hinges on the herders’: world’s largest soil carbon removal project enlists Kenyan pastoralists
A scheme that sets down strict grazing plans to benefit the environment and generate revenue for local people was highlighted at Cop27 as a future model
Peter Muiruri in Isiolo
22, Nov, 2022 @6:30 AM
Gold, guns, gangs: on patrol with the elite unit saving Ivory Coast’s forests
After deforestation for cocoa and goldmining reached alarming rates, the African country set up a security team with a mission to stamp out illegal activity
Sarah Johnson in Téné classified forest
21, Nov, 2022 @7:45 AM
Environmentalist Elizabeth Wathuti: ‘Perhaps I had something President Biden really needed to hear’
Kenya’s rising climate star tells how her speech at Cop26 grabbed a world leader’s attention, and urges policymakers to go beyond mere pledges
Peter Muiruri in Nairobi
30, Aug, 2022 @6:15 AM
From bricks to bags to eco art: six innovative uses for plastic waste around the world
From upcycled school benches in India to plant pots in Peru, people are finding enterprising and ingenious solutions to a perennial problem
Tom Collins, Kavitha Yarlagadda, Gemma Holliani Cahya, Charles Pensulo, Dan Collyns and Peter Muiruri
03, Jun, 2022 @6:45 AM
Global disasters are coming harder and faster. Here’s how we can cut the risks | Mami Mizutori
The UN’s annual report on mitigating calamities shows that a radical rethink is needed to protect those who suffer most
Mami Mizutori
26, Apr, 2022 @6:15 AM
Kenya to use solar panels to boost crops by ‘harvesting the sun twice’
Successful trials found growing crops beneath panels – known as agrivoltaics – reduced water loss and resulted in larger plants
Geoffrey Kamadi in Nairobi
22, Feb, 2022 @9:51 AM
We know who caused the climate crisis – but they don’t want to pay for it | Vanessa Nakate
My country, Uganda, and much of Africa has been battered by climate-related disasters. Cop26 is a chance for the biggest polluters to set up a compensation fund
Vanessa Nakate
29, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
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