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  In the past outcome of the Conference of Parties COP 18 Qatar, Doha, countries agreed to sign the Kyoto Protocol ; as a policy analyst one would agree that the stages in policy process are interlinked and that sometimes formation and implementation embraces the other. It is a question to have policies and another it implement it. Doha negotiations brought the world from climate change to climate crisis. Climate change is a global issue and must be addressed; Kenya as to the countries of the South we still fall to the periphery of the world system and that we are still dependent of the North; this brings to the attention woman and youth in the South are in the bottom of the world system. International political economy is characterized by survival for the fittest and those with economic muscles will excel. The Marxist school of thought holds that the female gender is a property of the patriarchal society. She is a laborer owned by this institution. The world s

Before we delve into the nitty gritties of the green economy concept in our forthcoming posts, it is prudent to examine the different viewpoints of green economy. The blanket meaning of win-win economic-environmental aspects of life sheds light on the fundamentals of the concept. In the industrial quarters   green economy is more understood as resource efficient and technology-driven undertaking that increases investments and growth while substantially reducing carbon footprints. Examples of clean mass transport systems, advance waste management hinged on the 3Rs pattern, controlled chemicals use and management, careful mining practices and actions that ensure sustainability of investments; encompass this type of green economy. In developing countries , green economy is best defined as existing natural resources-based livelihoods. Pastoralists in Africa for instance count their wealth in terms of livestock they possess. The indigenous communities in Asia practice sustainable com

Setting the Context Learning should be fun, no? Last year, in 2012, we came up with a series of short, snappy blog posts that aimed at demystifying the UNFCCC COP  process, and they culminated in an easy and fun-to-read Pocketbook, aptly titled Peeling Back the COP . Youth volunteers have so far translated this pocketbook into ten languages from all over the world, with many more translations on the way. This project was so successful that the UNFCCC Secretariat has hosted it on their website as part of their climate change learning resources. In light of this, we have decided to come up with a fun and easy-to-read guide to the Green Economy Report , the document that outlines the most viable way to achieving a global low-carbon, resource efficient economy. However, this guidebook, titled Demystifying the Green Economy, will be unique in that it will have a youth focus, showing how young people all over the world are leading the way towards the realization of a Gre

Doha came and went in 2012. So was Durban (2011) and Cancún (2010) . The rhythm is and was predictably familiar: opening presentations - three minutes each for delegates to bang their particular drums, platitudes and climate change legalese, lack of consensus especially on environmental funding and ultimately lack of direction on the way forward. Contrary to the first COP’s which yielded tangible resolutions, declarations and deadlines (such as Kyoto Protocol), the contemporary COPs are much of a circus where talk takes the center stage but the walk is a mere chimera. Probably, the only unique feature of the Doha’s COP 18 was going paper free, which is a far cry from the expectations of COP 18 which largely revolved around second commitment to Kyoto Protocol as well as more financial commitment by the developed and industrialized countries. Closer home, the Kenyan delegation drawn from government and the civil society was well in attendance. But the question that w

Introduction  As the title suggests, this meeting was held to chart the way forward on what to do with the Climate Change Bill, which the President declined to assent to. Representatives for stakeholders interested in this Bill were also present.  The main agenda was to understand what really led to the rejection of this crucial Bill by the President, and what the next steps to be taken were. What really happened? Hon. Wilbur Ottichillo, MP for Emuhaya, was best placed to explain why the Bill was rejected. Visibly agitated, the MP took the audience through the detailed process it took to get the Bill passed y Parliament. He was also very blunt when it came to pointing out what may have been the major reason why the President rejected the Bill. It is important to note that the President’s reason for declining to assent to the Bill was due to lack of participation. It was noted that the Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG) together with other stakeholde