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Joseph Maina

The legal fight to declare Kenya’s climate crisis a national disaster

The legal fight to declare Kenya’s climate crisis a national disaster

The stain is still visible on Fred Maloba's compound wall in Kihoto, a browned tideline that marks how high the floodwater climbed before it receded. Maloba, 29, has lived in this low-income settlement on the shores of Lake Naivasha for 11 years, working at a flower farm

Landmark Kenyan ruling puts international carbon offset projects into question

Landmark Kenyan ruling puts international carbon offset projects into question

The future of international carbon offset projects in Kenya has been put into question following a legal ruling that upholds community land rights. In a landmark judgment in January, a court ruled in favour of a group of people in the northern Kenyan county of Isiolo who contested the establishment