Politicians and Climate Change Edna Odhiambo November 23, 2013 COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Kenya, Tracking The COP is much more a political process than a technical process. The high level segment which mainly consists of ministers and various highly ranked government personnel is where all major decisions are...
Women for Results - Momentum for Change; Kenya’s Honour at The International Climate Change Talks at Warsaw!! Edna Odhiambo November 21, 2013 COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Kenya, Tracking In an award ceremony attended by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and the UNFCCC Secretary General Christina Figueres, Kenyan women were honoured for their efforts to combat climate change.The...
Power Struggles; Sudan to Lead Africa to Paris Edna Odhiambo November 18, 2013 Africa & Middle East, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Sudan, Tracking The Africa Group had a heated contest here at COP 19 as member states of East Africa sought the coveted chairmanship of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) as this marks the last few weeks for Dlamini...
NAJIVUNIA KUWA MKENYA! Edna Odhiambo November 15, 2013 Kenya, Tracking Kenyans should rest assured that environmental matters, particularly climate change have been given due priority. Here at Warsaw, Kenyan environmentalists turned up in good number to keenly follow the...
A WORK IN PROGRESS! Edna Odhiambo November 14, 2013 Kenya, Tracking Before I got to Warsaw, I questioned like many others did; will the nineteenth session yield any progressive decision to reduce carbon emissions or it will be just a trip to Europe? Even before commencement of...
Loss and Damage; A reality for Kenya! Edna Odhiambo November 12, 2013 Kenya, Tracking An alert has been released by the government that 1.6 million people may require urgent food aid as 20 Counties face drought due to an expected depression of short rains. The images of the estimated ten...
To get to Paris, you must pass by Warsaw! Edna Odhiambo November 11, 2013 Kenya, Tracking Climate change is real, the typhoon in Philippines which has killed thousands and displaced countless is a painful reminder that humanity is tottering on the brink of a climate catastrophe! To address this...
