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Leaders’ Forum on Women Leading the Way: Raising Ambition for Climate Action
Women across all sectors of society are leading the way in efforts to build resilience and adapt to the impacts of climate change.To highlight on effective climate actions, on 22 September 2014, UN...
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Losing Ground
We are using the world’s soils as if they were inexhaustible, continually withdrawing from an account, but never paying in. At the start of the International Year of Soils 2015, the Soil Atlas - Facts...
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1.6 Million Kenyans Face Hunger- Who Will Uphold Their Right to Food?
“Over 80 per cent of Kenya’s population of 40 million derives their livelihoods from agriculture and pastoralism. Four million small farm households produce three-quarters of the country’s food. The...
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Save our Soils
Healthy soils are crucial to human nutrition and the fight against hunger. But worldwide 24 billion tons of fertile soil is lost annually. Barbara Unmüßig calls attention to the growing threat to one...
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Energy Transition - a Kenyan Perspective
For many rural Kenyans, it’s too expensive for households to pay to be connected to the national electricity grid. Some communities, who live near the right kinds of rivers are opting for a cheaper,...
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Chance for Africa to Rewrite its Narrative
Global discussions on Africa have lately changed from references to a dark continent to “the next frontier for growth and expansion.” What has led to this “Africa Rising” narrative? Is it true? Are we...
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Europe Must be Strong on Climate Risk at COP21
As the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations suffer huge losses from climate change, the entities most responsible for the problem - the so-called "Big Polluters" - continue to reap billions...
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Big Polluters, Pay Up
As the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations suffer huge losses from climate change, the entities most responsible for the problem - the so-called "Big Polluters" - continue to reap billions...
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Coal Atlas 2015
The Heinrich Böll Foundation and Friends of the Earth International have published the first English edition of the Coal Atlas 2015 in Brussels.More…
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COP 21 and the Paris Agreement: A Force Awakened
Globally, political leaders are lauding the acceptance of the global and legally binding Paris Agreement on Climate Change at COP 21 as a historical moment. It achieves a goal long believed...
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The Open Cultivation of Bt-Maize: Questions We Should Be Asking
In February, Kenya edged closer to commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops after the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) approved open-air field trials of Bt-maize. If the new trials...
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Introduction to Inside the Green Economy
Green Economy is a source of both hope and controversy. For some, it points the way out of permanent environmental and economic crises and promises to reconcile – a long cherished Utopia – ecology and...
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Call For Applications: Food Security Advisor, The Human Right To Food Initiative
Heinrich Böll Stiftung is looking for a part-time Food Security Advisor who can support the Human Right to Food Initiative (HRFI) with knowledge and expertise on the agricultural sector in Kenya. The...
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Roads to Justice: The Impacts of Road Construction in Northern Kenya
This article looks at the current road infrastructure development in Northern Kenya. It demonstrates numerous instances of non-compliance with national laws, provisions of the environmental management...
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Dream Weavers
There are two stories being told about food security. One story says we are food secure and the other says we are not. The stories are being told – and written – by various people with different...
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Energy Transition - a Kenyan Perspective
For many rural Kenyans, it’s too expensive for households to pay to be connected to the national electricity grid. Some communities, who live near the right kinds of rivers are opting for a cheaper,...
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When Clean Energy Gets Dirty: Experiences from Kenya
The current discourse on renewable energy tends to centre on the positive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and improved energy security, while the risks of social and environmental injustice are...
View ArticleThank You For The Rain
Thank You For The Rain is a feature documentary that tells the story of Kisilu Musya, a Kenyan father on the frontline of climate change. Five years ago Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, started to use his...
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Climate Leadership Means Ending Fossil-Fuel Production
This year alone, the world has faced unprecedented floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts on virtually every continent. A safe climate future requires ending the age of Big Oil.More…
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A Comprehensive Look at 'Thank You For The Rain' Documentary
A story of hope from the frontline of climate change about Kisilu Musya, a TEDGlobal speaker and a small scale farmer from Kenya.More…
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