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More on Tag: Climate Mitigation
25 Feb 2022
UNGC launch of Africa strategy on corporate sustainability expected to scale responsible business practices
The UNGC, which is a non-binding United Nations pact, encourages businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. Under the...
11 Feb 2022
GFANZ: Change Climate Finance to Fund Climate Action
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has its sights set on becoming the biggest financial catalyst for climate ambition and action. The Alliance has only three financial institutions fr...
11 Feb 2022
Kenyan Parliament is mulling over proposed law changes seeking to reduce protection of forests
The Kenyan Parliament is currently reviewing an amendment proposal to the Forest Conservation and Management Act which gives the Kenya Forestry Services (KFS) authority over boundaries and excis...
4 Feb 2022
Business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution
For the first time in history, more than 70 leading corporations and financial institutions have called for a legally binding UN treaty on plastic pollution. The aim of this move is to have a robust p...
28 Jan 2022
Environmental stakeholders express opposition to controversial Forest Bill
Kenya’s post-independence environmental history has been plagued with arbitrary excisions of public forests resulting in endangered water catchment areas and threats to biodiversity conservation.&nb...
28 Jan 2022
World Wetlands Day: Call for action to protect wet habitats for a sustainable future
Widespread loss of marshes, swamps, riverbanks and other wetlands, driven mainly by encroachment through agriculture and urbanization, has led to significant loss of biodiversity. Freshwater ecosystem...
21 Jan 2022
E-waste: The raring dragon that should be slain for a sustainable environment
The world is coming to a more crushing realization of the disastrous strain we’re putting on the place we call home, Earth! What we believe to be ground breaking transitions into new, adaptive and b...
10 Dec 2021
After CoP 26, What Next for Businesses
CoP 26 came to a close on 13th November 2021 after a one-day extension to ensure consensus was reached for the final outcome document. The Final CoP26 Glasgow Pact does not mention any word on the bus...
26 Nov 2021
Kenya’s path to becoming a Green Economy: How this can be achieved?
BY: Aarti Krishnan The seventh annual Devolution Conference under the theme: Multi-level governance for climate action, has just ended in the beautiful county of Makueni. Delegates at the conference, ...
26 Nov 2021
President Kenyatta reiterates Kenya’s Commitment to Climate Action
The 7th Annual Devolution Conference focused on climate change, specifically the Multi-Level Governance for Climate Action. The aim of the multi-governance approach is to strengthen sub-national gover...
22 Oct 2021
KEPSA and Stakeholder hold Consultative Forum on National REDD+ Strategy and Investment Plan
The private sector alliance (KEPSA) collaborated with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and UNDP in the organisation of the REDD+ strategy consultation forum that took place at Nyali Sun Africa...
23 Jul 2021
A Call to Action-Net Zero Strategy
There has been a rise in the demand for transition to a zero carbon economy. While government action and global protests are a step in the right direction, they cannot achieve net zero on their own. C...
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