Managing environmental stress in Kenya's Kakuma …
In the hot and dusty county of Turkana in northwestern Kenya lies the sprawling Kakuma refugee camp. Informal settlements, constructed mainly using a variety of materials such as iron sheets, mud, …
Can Kenya become a direct-air-capture hub?
Octavia Carbon, a Kenya-based start-up, has an audacious goal. It wants to become the first company to deploy direct-air-capture (DAC) technology—a method of …
Carbon Sequestration: Reviving productivity in arid …
Carbon sequestration in ASAL areas is possible through the establishment of vegetation cover, which absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. The FMNR technique, in particular, …
Analysts say gas found in Nyeri is carbon dioxide
Its largest carbon dioxide mines are in Kereita in Kiambu. Kenya extracted carbon dioxide worth Sh510 million last year, data from the mining ministry show. …
Pasture enclosures increase soil carbon dioxide flux rate in
Herbaceous vegetation cover, biomass production, and surface (0-10 cm) soil organic carbon (SOC) were also assessed to determine their relationship with the GHG flux rate. Results: -1 in OGR to 483.1 and 560.4 kg DM ha -1 in CGE and GDE respectively. The SOC concentration in GDE and CGE increased by an average of 27% relative to OGR …
Kenya: annual CO2 emissions | Statista
Sep 22, 2023. Kenya's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions amounted to roughly 16 million metric tons in 2020, down from 18.3 million metric tons in the previous year. Despite the …
Report
A Review of Coal Power Production and Coal Mining in Kenya This report provides information for policymakers, civil societies, community members, and others interested …
Climeworks and Great Carbon Valley chart path to large-scale …
Additionally, Kenya offers abundant potential for low-carbon energy sources, including geothermal, wind, and solar energy generation. Carbon dioxide removal must be significantly scaled up to meet the pathways described by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
"We're mining the sky because there's too much carbon" says
The process is around 90 per cent efficient, meaning that for every 100 tons of carbon dioxide captured, just 10 tons are re-emitted into the atmosphere. Related story The world's first commercial ...
Expressway helps cut carbon emissions in Kenya's capital
In a 2022 study on carbon emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and ozone (O3) on Nairobi roads in five years, four Kenyan scholars of the University of ...
CO2 emissions (kt)
CO2 emissions (kt) - Kenya. Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions ( 1990-2020 ). 2023. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at: ...
Kenya launches 2050 calculator to advance climate change …
Kenya's Ministry of Energy, the British High Commission Nairobi, and Strathmore University have jointly launched the Kenya Carbon Emission Reduction Tool (KCERT 2050), a bespoke energy and emissions model to assist Kenya in achieving its climate goals.The interactive energy model – the first in East Africa – was delivered …
Scientists Discover a New Source of Atmospheric …
Scientists have found that faults in this zone contribute significant amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year. To give a sense of scale, the vegetated (green) valley floor at the ...
Frontiers | Hugging the Shore: Tackling Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
This Perspective explores the local governance of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Proposals to enhance the ability of oceans and marine ecosystems to absorb atmospheric CO2 are often discussed as examples of "geoengineering," but this framing obscures the site-specific nature of most of the suggested interventions. The Perspective …
Why 'sustainable' diamonds are almost mythical | Popular Science
According to a 2021 report from Imperial College London, the median amount of carbon dioxide per karat of a mined diamond is around 108.5 kg per carat, with the amount of earth extracted standing ...
Navigating Potential Hype and Opportunity in Governing Marine Carbon
As the technical and political challenges of land-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches become more apparent, the oceans may be the new "blue" frontier for carbon drawdown strategies in climate governance. Drawing on lessons learnt from the way terrestrial carbon dioxide removal emerged, we explore increasing overall attention to …
Carbon dioxide | Definition, Formula, Uses, & Facts
carbon dioxide, (CO 2 ), a colourless gas having a faint sharp odour and a sour taste. It is one of the most important greenhouse gases linked to global warming, but it is a minor component of Earth's …
Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable
For example, mining, processing and transportation require fuel and electricity, and the decomposition of carbonate minerals, employed to reduce environmental impacts, also releases carbon dioxide.
Analysts say gas found in Nyeri is carbon dioxide
Kenya extracted carbon dioxide worth Sh510 million last year, data from the mining ministry show. Carbacid says there are emerging new uses for the gas such as freezing, meat processing and insect ...
Kenya bets on carbon credits as it hosts African climate summit
The UN-endorsed African Carbon Market Initiative, launched at COP27 in November, believes 300 million credits could be generated annually on the continent by 2030 -- a 19-fold increase on current ...
Kenya's carbon market is worth $600Mn Annually | The Exchange
Kenya has the potential to sequester, reduce, or avoid ~30 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year and mobilize up to $600 million annually. From 2016 to 2021, Kenya issued ~26 Mt CO2e of carbon offsets, more than any other African country and approximately 20 per cent of total African credits. The Government has set up a …
Trump tweets climate change skeptic | CNN
There is no climate crisis, there's weather and climate all around the world, and in fact carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life." @foxandfriends Wow! — Donald J. Trump ...
Action Against Climate Change: Seizing opportunities in a …
The report shows that Kenya's carbon intensity is lower than that of many other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, but GHG emissions in the country have been growing. Agriculture was found to be the leading source of emissions at 40%, followed by land use, land use change, and forests (33%), transport (11%), energy (excluding …
Removal of atmospheric CO2 by rock weathering holds promise …
Removal of atmospheric CO. by rock weathering holds promise for mitigating climate change. Large-scale removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere might be achieved through enhanced rock ...
Reduction of Carbon Emissions in Kenya: Focus on …
The country's development blueprint Kenya Vision 2030 identifies energy as a key driver of the economy. However, the sector remains a high contributor of carbon dioxide …
An Energy Approach to Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide …
(Note 1 The Northern Corridor is the main high way starting from the port city of Mombasa in Kenya connecting it to the other land locked neighbouring countries in the East and Central African region) 1.1 Justification Present information on carbon dioxide emission in Kenya is scant. A study on Developing countries monitoring
Kenya: Mineral Policy | SpringerLink
The Mining and Mineral Policy of Kenya deals comprehensively with the drawbacks that have hindered the progress of the mineral and mining policy; the goals, guiding principles, and objectives; and the way forward and strategies to achieve the desired results that would help boost the country's economic growth rate envisioned under …
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is an important heat-trapping gas, also known as a greenhouse gas, that comes from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, and natural gas), from wildfires, and natural processes like volcanic eruptions.The first graph shows atmospheric CO 2 levels measured by NOAA at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, …
Kenya bets on carbon credits as it hosts African climate summit
The UN-endorsed African Carbon Market Initiative, launched at COP27 in November, believes 300 million credits could be generated annually on the continent by …
Clean cooking can hugely cut Kenya's carbon emissions
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