A Nairobi slum vulnerable to flooding is engineering its own climate solutions and not waiting for the West - News Summed Up

A Nairobi slum vulnerable to flooding is engineering its own climate solutions and not waiting for the West


The group's efforts to keep drainage paths clear helps protect the neighbourhood from floods linked to climate change, which are happening more and more. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled Our Changing Planet to show and explain the effects of climate change and what is being done about it. They are a band of climate warriors trying to make the impoverished slum more resilient when the floods linked to climate change come, as they do more and more. Climate financing a 'neo-colonial tool'Mithika Mwenda, executive director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, a consortium of more than 1,000 organizations from 48 African countries, accuses the developed world of turning climate financing into a "neo-colonial tool." Otieno was one of a group of students who met with CBC News to talk about climate change.


Source: CBC News November 15, 2021 15:19 UTC



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