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KILIFI, Kenya — An incident in Kelly Roberts Banda’s childhood set him on the path of climate advocacy. Although Banda did not realize it at the time, what appeared then as a tragedy was the foundation of his passion for environmental and climate justice. Banda is a property and family lawyer in Kenya who spends […]

The conservation of the Mangrove forests could influence the magnitude and duration of Kenya’s benefit from her planned blue economy, the Kenya Platform on Climate Governance (KPCG) has said. In a statement released on the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, Anne Tek, the National Coordinator for…

From cleaning up suburbs, to planting trees and holding peaceful roadshows, walks, and street marches, climate activists around Africa marked the world Environmental Day 2022 in style. At the same time, the activists asked their governments to ensure the balance between tackling climate change while meeting the needs of biodiversity…

NAIROBI, May 6 (Xinhua) -- African campaigners on Friday launched an initiative to track the expenditure of climate finance in the continent.

Protecting Africa's vast tropical forests will be crucial to shield local communities from devastating climate disasters including droughts, floods and heatwaves, campaigners said on Monday at an event to mark International Day of Forests. Mithika Mwenda, the executive director of Nairobi-based Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) stressed that forests…

The PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) urges governments to heighten tree planting and take measures to protect and conserve existing forests to guard against greenhouse gas emissions. In a statement released to mark the International Day of Forests, Mithika Mwenda, the executive Director of PACJA said deforestation poses danger to…

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