AFAS alumnus Nouhou Zoungrana took part in the CITES Youth Leadership Program (CYLP) and the launch of the CITES Global Youth Network (CGYN) in Singapore in April 2024. In this blog post, Nouhou reports on the highlights of the event and gives some recommendations for policymakers in Burkina Faso.
AFAS fellow Lawrence Akpoterai shares experiences from his research internship at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
AFAS fellow Millicent Atieno Philip attented the Global Youth Climate Summit 2023 in Dar es Salaam and shares her experience.
AFAS alumnus Nouhou Zoungrana attended the COP28 in Dubai and shares his experience.
Urban agriculture (UA) encompasses various meanings globally, generally denoting agricultural or gardening activities within urban areas and their peripheries. Its expression varies contextually, shaped by historical, socio-economic, climatic, and cultural factors. Increasingly recognized as a potential multifunctional solution, UA might address diverse urban challenges such as food security, climate change adaptation, and biodiversity loss in cities. In her Master’s thesis, Anica Luggen-Hölscher decided to focus on UA in Nairobi and to explore it as a potential Nature-based Solution (NbS).
Kenya’s reliance on biomass energy for cooking remains significant and is even expected to increase due to population growth, urbanization, and limited access to cleaner energy sources (Namaswa et al., 2022; Okoko et al., 2017). Recent data from the Ministry of Energy in 2019 revealed that approximately 70% of households in Kenya rely on woodstoves, with a majority still using three-stone open fires. Other cooking technologies, such as charcoal stoves, LPG stoves, and kerosene stoves, make up the remaining percentages, with electrical appliances, biogas and liquid biofuels remaining marginal.
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