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Draft Declaration from Alliance for Science’s Climate Action Zone
We, the representatives of African civil society, scientists, media, farmers organizations, and other like-minded advocates for climate action, are meeting to advance our common goals and agenda in parallel with the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi. We wish to underscore and communicate the following points, especially considering their consideration at…
It’s a wrap: Climate Action Zone closes with ten-point declaration after four days of deliberations and lots of entertainment
The lights flickered. A member of the Gahigo Drummers from Burundi. [Manyara Kinoti]The people rose. [Manyara Kinoti]The cameras clicked. Alliance for Science photographer Manyara Kinoti in action. It could not be forced. Sarakasi Dancers. [Manyara Kinoti]It could not be commanded…
Alliance for Science’s Climate Action Zone opens with focus on the construction sector
The Climate Action Zone started in Nairobi yesterday, focusing on the construction sector and how it can contribute to solutions to the climate crisis. Climate Action Zone is an all-inclusive platform to spotlight locally-driven climate initiatives throughout Africa. The Climate Action Zone (CAZ), organized by the Alliance…
#FarmersMatter as Alliance for Science launches Climate Action Zone to complement inaugural Africa Climate Summit
It is the lyrical literati Chinua Achebe who, writing in Things Fall Apart, said, “When the moon is shining, even the cripples are hungry for a walk.” Achebe may have been flaunting his prescient powers. Some of the people who attended the launch of Climate Action Zone in Nairobi,…
Panelists at Action Zone say farmers need to be at the center of climate change conversation
Several side events to the inaugural Africa Climate Summit that started in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 4, had one thing in common: a lot of food was served. At the Climate Action Zone, a side event by the Alliance for Science, one session was dedicated to discussing the…
Opinion: Kenya must prioritize anticipatory measures against climate disasters
Kenya’s Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) revealed that the devastating floods in Mai Mahiu town in Kenya, which swept away nearly 100 homes and tragically killed over 50 people, originated from a water-filled gulley in Kiambu County. This was caused by a blocked railway drainage system, leading…
Youth leading the charge in global environmental action
The United Nations Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, will witness a gathering of world leaders, activists, scientists, and civil society groups from February 26 to March 1, 2024, during the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6). UNEA is the foremost global environmental decision-making body,…
Pressure mounts for phaseout of fossil fuel ahead of COP28 climate talks in Dubai
As the world looks towards COP28, the United Nations climate negotiations, in Dubai at the end of the month, calls are being made for a comprehensive phaseout of fossil fuels to be agreed upon at the meeting, according to a recent article from Yale Environment 360. Despite the growing…
African countries show gradual success in phasing out chemicals that damage the Ozone layer
A few miles above the Earth’s surface lies the Ozone layer that protects all life from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. The scientific consensus has been that if it did not exist, more hazardous radiation from the sun would enter the Earth’s atmosphere, causing harm to aquatic systems, forests,…