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The African Climate and Environment Center – Future African Savannas (AFAS) Annual Stakeholder Workshop, held on November 18, 2024, in Nairobi, convened a diverse range of participants from academia, policy, industry, and civil society. With the theme "Transferring Science into Practice," the event emphasized the urgent need to convert research into actionable strategies for climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in Africa's savanna ecosystems.

The REACH Programme, a collaborative effort between the University of Nairobi and the University of Oxford, has played a critical role in tackling water insecurity in Kenya's drylands, particularly in Turkana County. This initiative, spearheaded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, aims to enhance water security for over 10 million people in Africa and Asia by delivering world-class science that transforms policy and practice.

Name: Prof. Robert Marchant, University of York

Background:  Water ESSENCE -  creating synergy to meet the global challenges is a NORHED project funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).  The aim of the program is to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) to educate more and better-qualified candidates and to increase the quality and quantity of research conducted by the countries' own researchers.

On Wednesday 5th June, 2024, Siâna, Nyokabi, Michele and Maya attended Kenya's first Joint Scientific Conference. It was an important day as we were also commemorating World Environment Day.
The girls attended a lecture by a leading geologist, Prof. Daniel Olago who taught that Kenya's biodiversity is very important for the economic success of Kenya. They also learnt that some lakes in modern Kenya were formed over 780,000 years ago and that some lakes will eventually disappear due to climate change and normal tectonic activity!

The National Land Commission in conjunction with National Research Fund (NRF), Ministry of Lands, Technical University of Kenya (TUK) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) invites researchers, policy makers, practitioners, private sector players, civil societies, and other stakeholders to submit papers to be presented during the 3rd Regional Research Conference to be held on 12th to 13th June, 2024 in Nairobi.

The Turkana Jet is an equatorial low-level jet forming in East Africa carrying moisture from the Indian Ocean. Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) officers working out of Marsabit, North West Kenya, were the first to identify these winds. The winds form in the Turkana Channel, between the Ethiopian Highlands to the northeast and Kenya Highlands to the southwest.

On the 14th of December 2023, the Mövenpick Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, played host to the AFAS Stakeholder Workshop. Under the theme "Achieving Profitable Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation," the workshop aimed to unite policy makers, businesses, NGOs, and scientists involved in Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate change adaptation and biodiversity protection in East African savanna regions.

In preparation for the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, visited Kenya on November 6 and 7 to highlight the country's critical role as a strategic African partner in combating climate change. The commissioner's visit underscores the importance of Kenya's leadership and participation in achieving the goals of COP28.