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The National Environmental Management Authority in the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry (MECCF), the National Climate Change Activities Coordinating Committee, and the Kenya Meteorological Department in the Ministry of Transport are the major components of the government's institutional framework tasked with the day to day ...
University of Nairobi. Laban Ayieko Ogallo (born 20 January 1950) was a professor of Meteorology at Nairobi University, Kenya. [1] He was one of the pioneers of climate science and meteorology in Africa. [2] He was a former director of the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center, [3] He was a Chairman of the Department of Meteorology, a ...
The Secretariat is an eight-department organization with a staff of 200 headed by a Secretary-General, who can serve a maximum of two four-year terms. [ 9 ] The annually published WMO Statement on the status of the World Climate provides details of global, regional and national temperatures and extreme weather events.
At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 people are in hospital following floods near the town of Mai Mahiu in Kenya’s north-western Nakuru county, Nakuru governor Susan Kihika ...
July 24, 2024 at 10:01 AM. By Gloria Dickie. LONDON (Reuters) -The world again registered its hottest day on record on Monday, inching past the previous high recorded just 24 hours earlier on ...
2008–2009 Kenya drought. Between 2008 and early 2010, Kenya, one of the countries of Eastern Africa, was affected by a severe drought, which put ten million people at risk of hunger and caused a large number of deaths to livestock in Kenyan Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), constituting around 88% of the country. [3] [4]
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. [1][2] It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972. Its mandate is to provide leadership, deliver ...
Hence, IMD (India Meteorological Department) began monitoring the cyclonic circulation. Later that day, Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also started tracking the system, noting that the system could become a monsoon depression. On 23 May, the IMD upgraded the system to a well-marked low, stating that it was rapidly coalescing.