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As the world strongly steps forward to fight effects of climate change on humanity and wildlife migration in Sub-Saharan Africa, many questions arise, one of which is, has the world reached a point of no return in the effort to contain the ever rising global temperatures? However, as all factors remain almost constant, Sub-Saharan Africa terrain on climate change mitigation remains bumpy even as world leaders, experts, Scientists and civil society put their heads together to find a solution to the global crisis. During a recently concluded two-day virtual meeting convened by Global Perspectiv...

  Participants at a climate change meeting convened by Kenya Climate Change Working Group (www.kccwg.org) have called for integrated approaches at all levels of governance internationally, nationally, and locally as a measure to mitigate climate change effects, that is giving the world’s sleepless nights. According to the speakers, there is hope on the horizon, now that the US, the world’s leading economy wants to re-enter the Paris Agreement of 2015 which offers a ray of hope in the fight for emission reduction as well as against the effects of climate. Wycliffe Amakobe, energy, and cli...

  For many years Elda Mariam, a maize farmer from Nambale sub-county, Busia County has been harvesting a maximum of Seven bags in her one-acre parcel. This could however change with the introduction of Bt Maize variety in that locality. “Maize farming has been a big loss to me. I incur a lot of expenses including the use of chemical sprays and fertilizer, but the yield has not been good,” says disheartened Mariam. Mariam, however, confides that with the information she has received during Bt Maize’s sensitization meeting at Alupe in Busia, she hopes for better yields. She told Africa S...