Climate change
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Mazingira Week Shifts Focus From Tree Planting to Tree Survival
Kenya’s 2026 Mazingira Week is placing a stronger emphasis on what happens after a tree is planted, with the Government outlining measures to track seedlings and monitor their survival.
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Sudan’s Darfur Faces Driest Rainy Season in Four Decades: WFP
Darfur, already ravaged by decades of conflict, has faced some of the worst violence of the war in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has raged since 2023 and killed…
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Scorching Summer Triggers Record Rockfalls in Alps, Scientist Says
The exceptionally hot summer in the Alps has been marked by a record number of rockfalls, some of them fatal, with “a large majority attributable to the climate crisis”, according to scientist Ludovic Ravanel.
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Italy Declares Red Heatwave Alert for Rome, Four Other Cities
The red alert, the first of the year in Italy, is issued to warn of “possible negative effects on the health of healthy, active people” and advise the public to stay out of the sun.
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Kenya:Mvua kubwa za mafuriko nchini Kenya zaua watu 81 mwezi Machi
Zaidi ya familia 3,000 zimelazimika kuondoka makwao katika jamii ya Nyakach, huku baadhi wakikimbilia katika vituo vinane vya muda, wakazi walisema, wakati maji kutoka mto Mirui unaofurika yakiendelea kuhatarisha eneo hilo.
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Kenya Flash Floods Death Toll Rises to 45
Flash flooding after torrential rains in Kenya has killed at least 45 people and forced hundreds to leave their homes, police said Monday.
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Indonesia Suffers Food, Medical Shortages as Asia Flood tolls rise
Tropical storms and monsoon rains have pummelled Southeast and South Asia this month, triggering landslides and flash floods from the rainforests of Indonesia’s western Sumatra island to highland plantations in Sri Lanka.
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Earth cannot ‘sustain’ intensive fossil fuel use, Lula tells COP30
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that Earth can no longer sustain humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels, and warned the climate fight could be lost without a rapid transition to cleaner energy.
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Kenya Marks Second Mazingira Day with National Tree Planting Drive
The day was officially renamed in 2024, replacing previous iterations such as Moi Day, Huduma Day, and Utamaduni Day, which had various symbolic and cultural meanings over the years.
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Jane Goodall: Mwanamke aliyewapa Sokwe sauti na kuigusa dunia
Goodall, aliyebobea katika utafiti wa sokwe pori na baadaye kuwa mwanaharakati wa mazingira, alibadilisha mapenzi yake ya wanyamapori kuwa kampeni ya maisha yote. Safari yake ilimtoa kutoka kijiji cha pwani kusini mwa Uingereza hadi Afrika,…
