All articles in 'Environment'


Uganda’s Environmental Policy Architecture: A Cal...

The quantity and quality of environmental resources directly determine the achievement of wealth cre...

1st December 2014
Kenya@50: Narok County Still Consumes Unsafe Water

After a half-century of independence, Narok County is yet to establish an elaborate water supply sys...

9th December 2013
Breathing Life Into Lake Victoria

Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, which principally share the lake, have a major responsibility of conserv...

7th April 2015
Africa Embraces Green Economy

Africa is poised to become the frontline of a global transition to more-inclusive green economies.

18th May 2015
Will Lupita Nyongo Save Elephants?

I’m skeptical if her efforts will yield any results without government engagement and intervention.

3rd July 2015
Climate Change: Africa’s Voice Must Be Heard

Potential is important, but homes and industries cannot be powered by potential. Africa m...

8th December 2015
Ethiopia and El Nino

By early next year, projections indicate that 400,000 children could suffer from Severe Acute Malnut...

12th December 2015
The Export of Charcoal: A Colossal Loss of Somali...

The new Parliament and Government of Somalia must respond vigorously to what is happening in terms o...

12th November 2012
Climate Change Mitigation

As I walk towards dusty, crowded and densely populated streets of Kayole estate in Nairobi, the poll...

26th November 2013
Towards Post 2020 Climate Agreement:Lowering Commi...

Negotiators from over 190 countries gathered recently in Warsaw to lay the framework for...

3rd December 2013
Africa Sustainable Development

It is now clear that the political will and compromise needed to reach an international deal on clim...

11th February 2013
Why Africa Should Go Green

There are socio-economic implications if African Countries and the World at large do not contribute...

14th January 2013
Climate Change and Development: Which Way for Afri...

Warming across Africa is predicted at an alarming rate. We are becoming familiar with some of the ef...

4th November 2013
Towards Sustainable Oceans

Sustainable development of our oceans will require our consolidated efforts for addressing the globa...

19th February 2013
Solar Cookers Revolutionize West Africa

The prospects of solar cooker in West African urban poor communities are enormous; about 87% househo...

29th January 2013
The Nigerian Bamboo Metaphor

Bamboos originated in China around 3000 – 4000 BC probably in the Zhetjiang provincial a...

14th September 2015
Importance of the Blue Economy

The Blue Economy is not an appendix to the sustainable development agenda. It is a central part of i...

28th April 2014
Environmental Conservation: The Boon

A European philosopher made the bold assertion, using the language of his day – “man must eat before...

20th November 2012
Rehabilitating Africa’s Drylands

Between 1985 and 2000, Africa lost 25 million hectares to desertification, 60 million he...

1st September 2014
Pastoralists Receive Insurance Payouts for Livest...

As livestock deaths mount, a small group of herders in Kenya’s Marsabit District is first to benefit...

21st October 2011
Rwanda and The Gambia Forest Policies Win 2011 Fu...

The winning African policies are so successful because they acknowledge that environment, economy an...

22nd September 2011
Serengeti says ‘No’ to Tarmac Road

The Serengeti National Park, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, is the world’s largest protected...

27th June 2011
Climate Change: Economics and Finance in the Conte...

Developed countries need $100 billion a year in public and private finance by 2020 to meet mitigatio...

5th December 2011
Energy: Welcome to the Third World

The new Made in America technology is already changing energy, economic and political landscapes in...

15th March 2011
Climate Change: What Africa Must Do

Africa has contributed less to climate change than other continents, but the relative economic costs...

18th July 2011
Sustainable Energy: Win-win Solution for Climate a...

The cost of achieving universal energy access in the coming decades is surprisingly low.

21st March 2011
Lake Victoria: On Its Death Bed?

While beach management units personnel and other bodies are charged with fighting this vice, many of...

10th October 2011
Wangari Maathai: The Passing On of an Icon

  Nobel Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai The staff and management of  The African Executi...

26th September 2011
Towards Rio+20

The outcome of Rio+20 will shape the debate on environment and sustainable development for decades t...

21st February 2012
Sinai Slum in Pictures

“We have been scooping diesel oil several times. This time round, it happened to be petrol,’ he says...

10th October 2011
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African Perceptions of the Eur...