Golden Climate: International Environmental Project Olympiad

Date: 2-3rd May, 2013
Time: 8AM
Venue: Light Academy, Nairobi
Live Coverage on KTN TV

Golden Climate is an international environmental project competition organized by Light Academy and Wananchi Online's Zuku. 100 schools from 20 countries are expected to participate and generate solutions to contemporary environmental problems.

For more details visit http://www.goldenclimate.com/

Remembering the Late Prof. Wangari Maathai

The world this week is remembering Africa’s first woman Nobel Laureate with much celebration and adoration for her contribution to the environment and peace.

In memory of Prof. Maathai who passed on 25^th September 2011, the inaugural Wangari Maathai Award ceremony was held on Thursday at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The award launched by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), presented the award to Narayan Kaji Shrestha from Nepal.

Wangari Maathai Award 2012

Do you know any person or recently deceased, who has made exceptional contributions to forests? Nominate them for the inaugural Wangari Maathai Award 2012 before Friday, 20 July 2012.

Launched by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), the award honors and commemorates the late Environmental activist and Nobel Prize winner who championed forest issues around the globe.

The $20000 prize will be given to recognize outstanding contributions made by an individual to preserve, restore, and sustainably manage forests.

The award will be presented on 27 September 2012 on the first anniversary of Wangari Maathai’s death, during the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) and 3^rd World Forestry Week (WFW) meetings.

For more visit Wangari Maathai Award

Image credit: www.greenbeltmovement.org

Kenya may become the first African state to have a Climate Authority

The authority will address issues on adapting to global warming and those on cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the country. The push is by Dr. Wilbur Ottichilo, an environmental scientist and the M.P of Emuhaya. The M.P has drafted a bill to establish an independent Climate Change Authority and is confident that the bill will get a lot of support from fellow M.Ps.

It’s expected that reporting of energy and carbon emissions by both public and private entities will be through a national registry which also be tasked with ensuring reduction of hazardous discharge in the country.

The only other African state that has made effort to start such an authority is Nigeria, which is a bill awaiting the president’s assent.