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Kenya – No Trees in The Forest

November 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Human Wrongs Watch A landmark study of Kenya’s high-elevation forests shows that the economic cost of deforestation in the East African country exceeds national gains from forestry and logging by more than four-to-one, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported. … read more »

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Ministers, Senior UN and International Officials call for ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ in Africa by 2030

February 22, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 22, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Adnan Amin, Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), urged all stakeholders across Africa to make commitments, … read more »

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Africa leads climate push as its people go hungry

November 21, 2011 by benim

Africa is leading the push for clean energy policy-making as climate change turns millions of its people into “food refugees”, the head of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner said. “On the African continent, there is sometimes more leadership … read more »

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