The United Nations Environment Programme

Big Nature-Based Finance Turnaround Needed to Restore, Protect Ecosystems

By Umar Manzoor Shah
The world is pouring trillions of dollars each year into activities that destroy nature while investing only a fraction of that amount in protecting and restoring the ecosystems on which economies depend, according to a new United Nations report released on January 22.

Solar Kiosks Help Light up Rural Kenya

By Justus Wanzala
This market centre in the arid Lake Magadi region, Kajiado of Southern Kenya is with no grid electricity. The area is inhabited by the pastoralist Maasai community. With climate change affecting their pastoral way of life, the community is increasingly adopting a more sedentary life but without amenities.
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