Kenya

Region: Kenya

Kenya:

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38
Resources
49
Stories
80
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14th January 2022
Streets for People: Promoting non-motorized transport in Nairobi Nairobi is one of Africa’s fastest growing cities, with a population of over four million inhabitants. A new film from CDKN explores the opportunities and challenges of promoting non-motorized transport in the city.
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11th January 2022
Ecosystem-based adaptation - A promising solution to flood risk in African cities Urban floods are becoming more common as a result of increasing urbanisation, poor urban planning, and climate change. A new report by PlanAdapt explores how the cities of Cape Town, Durban, Mombasa and Nairobi are rising to the challenge, and how their work can inspire others.
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Promoting non-motorized transport in Nairobi, Kenya

CDKN has been working to promote non-motorised transport (NMT) in Nairobi, one of Africa's fastest growing cities, since November 2019.

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16th June 2021
Promoting non-motorised transport in Nairobi, Kenya - A study of users, safety and infrastructure This study was commissioned to examine non-motorised transport in Nairobi, its users safety and infrastructure, and recommend ways of improving the NMT experience. 
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14th May 2021
POLICY BRIEF: Hermetic Storage Technologies in Kenya and Uganda This policy brief explores the relationship between climate change and post-harvest losses and assesses the use of post-harvest technologies in general to mitigate climate risks, with a focus on HSTs.
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21st April 2021
FILM: Adaptation Voices - Claire Nasike Akello, Hummingbird Foundation and Greenpeace Africa Young people are channeling their energies into ecological farming and land restoration, in self-help efforts to provide food security and create decent work - says Claire Nasike Akello, founder of Kenya’s Hummingbird Foundation and an environmental campaigner for Greenpeace Africa, in an interview with CDKN.
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21st April 2021
FILM: Adaptation Voices - Dr Jacqueline Uku, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association “We will lose biodiversity and we do not even know what we had in the first place” – Dr Jacqueline Uku has told CDKN. She urges ecosystem monitoring and protection in the face of climate change.
Feature
17th March 2021
Siaya, Kenya - Repositioning skills for food security amid the Covid-19 pandemic In a remote village, located in Siaya County, Kenya, a group of women have taken up vegetable farming as a means to fight against the Covid-19 induced food insecurity. Rosemary Atieno reports. This is the 38th story in the Voices from the Frontline series by ICCCAD and CDKN.
Feature
12th March 2021
Climate change adaptation in East African farming - Testimonials from women champions The Eastern Africa Grain Council has been documenting the climate adaptation successes of leading women farmers and agricultural business owners in Kenya – as a way to galvanise learning among other women.
Feature
10th January 2021
What will it take for pastoral systems to adapt to climate change? Joseph Muhwanga and Mohammed Said consider the impacts of climate change on African drylands to date and in the future – and explore the potential for communities in these areas to keep prospering. This is one of a series of blogs on ‘Accelerating adaptation action in Africa’ published by CDKN to frame the Africa anchoring event of the Climate Adaptation Summit, January 2021.
Feature
6th January 2021
The potential of climate change adaptation for agricultural enterprises There is tremendous economic growth potential for agricultural enterprises in East Africa, bu
News
7th December 2020
New tool launched to help East African grain farmers to manage climate risks Guy Rudolph of CDKN describes a new Climate Information for Grains tool, which is designed to help farmers respond to climate change.