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THE WRITER`S WORKSHOP 26TH NOVEMBER 2016

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AYICC Kenya members during the Writers workshop 2016 by Fredrick Ouma, Dolphine Magero The writers’ workshop took place at the Institute of Climate Change, Chiromo campus. The forum which sought out to build capacity for the young writers emphasizing on their academic writing skills, was organized by the Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) Kenyan chapter in collaboration with Chiromo Environmental Awareness club (CEAC) and the Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA). Gracing the event were; Head of  Institute of Climate Change Directorate, Prof. Shem Wandiga, Dr. Onyango Onyoyo a writer cum climate change consultant from the Institute of Climate Change, renown media personality, Mr.Johnson Mwakazi and an Oxford Alumni Dr. Grace Mwaura. This team of intellectuals would give the “sermon” for the day. To kick off the day, Paul Mutuku , the current AYICC communication coordinator, gave welcoming remarks to acquaint participants who had thronged the even

Why Kenya should break free from fossil fuels!

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Follow the story with The Conservationist's Sight ... Desertification has now spread into northern Kenya, rainfall shortages in the past year caused famine across various regions of the country, not to mention the past El-Nino effects and the recent heat waves that were experienced by all. And now the ongoing torrential rainfall is set to damage the crops of many farmers. All a result of climate change. Women and girls, caught in a small sandstorm, fetch water in Wajir, Kenya. [Photo Credit: www.theatlantic.com ] Science clearly shows that there is a strong correlation between the emission of greenhouse gases through the burning of fossil fuels and the average rise in global temperature. These emissions of greenhouse gases largely are, if not entirely, the result of human activity. Many may say – especially in Africa – that climate change is the enemy from above. We get seasonal rains that water our crops from the clouds in the sky and when the rains
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UNITED NATION ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY (UNEA II) Report by: Tracy Kimathi The United Nations held the second UNEA conference that took place on the 23- 27th of May at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme was “Delivering on the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Unlike UNEA-1, thee agenda included youth within the delegations, students from different universities as well as youth initiatives were invited to interact with over 1,000senior policy makers representing the world's highest level decision making bodies on the environment. The conference targeted the following agendas; Reflection on the latest global, regional and national development related to the environment Innovative technologies and ideas for a more efficient strategy between South-South cooperation (S.S.C) Ideas for how to encourage international and regional collaboration to enable implementation of policies Understanding the link between S.S.C and

THE KENYA CLIMATE FINANCE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

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By Dolphine Magero ACRONYMS CCCF                            County Climate Change Fund WAPC                          Ward Adaptation Planning Committees          PFMA                           Public Finance Management Act     CIDP                            County Integrated Development Plan GCF                              Green Climate fund         ERPA                            Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement Ci-Dev                          Carbon Initiative for Development     IFAD                              International Fund for Agricultural Development SREP                             Scaling up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries                      SCF                                Strategic Climate Fund CIF                                  Climate Investment Fund CSO                                Civil society GEF                                  Global Environmental Facility. UNFCC