Tag: climate change
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A Climate story from Kenya to the Netherlands to Germany
Part Three: The EU-Africa Policy Analysis. Sixty-six million years ago, something fell out of the sky. An asteroid, ten to fifteen kilometers wide, struck what is now the coast of Mexico with a force that ended the age of dinosaurs and wiped out roughly three-quarters of all species on Earth. It reset who got to…
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A Climate Story from Kenya to the Netherlands to Germany
Part Two: Same Crisis, Different Address I later moved to the Netherlands, and then to Germany. On the surface, these countries could not feel more different from rural Kenya but climate change does not respect borders, wealth, or infrastructure. It simply finds the cracks. This is the second of a three-part series exploring climate change…
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A Climate Story from Kenya to the Netherlands to Germany
Part One: Kenya — Where Climate Change Was Never a Debate Imagine living in a small town or rural village in Kenya where you don’t need a calendar to know the season is changing. You watch the clouds, the birds, the way the cows lean their heads toward the wind. You read the sky the…
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The Unseen War: How Climate Scarcity Fuels Conflict in Africa
Introduction I remember as a child when the rains did not come. The plains grew silent as wildlife and even birds migrated. The wind grew strong, whipping up dust that swirled like phantom tornadoes. The ground became bare, and the rivers dried up to cracked clay. My family owned livestock, and I saw in the eyes of…
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The Silent Killer in Our Kitchens: Why Clean Cooking is Central to Africa’s Future
Introduction Growing up, I always knew that smoke from cooking fires was dangerous. It stung my eyes, filled my lungs, and caused coughing fits. I heard tragic stories of suffocation and accidents with paraffin or charcoal stoves. What I didn’t know was that this same, familiar smoke contributes to climate change and is responsible for…
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Being my biggest Project
There are moments when giving up whispers as the easier option. But for some of us, that option was never on the map. The terrain of our dreams doesn’t have an exit route. The biggest risk I ever took was moving from Kenya to Europe. I grew up envisioning a life abroad as something beyond…