By Winnie Khaemba The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is a legal instrument adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Paris Agreement recognizes climate change as a ‘common concern for mankind’ and urges parties (countries) to be…
The African Centre for Technology Studies, Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – the German Corporation for International Cooperation, National Treasury (Kenya) and the Greening Kenya Initiative (GKI) organised a one day workshop on green economy at the Laico Regency Hotel…
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) is an international consortium of business and environmental NGOs. The CDSB committed to advancing and aligning the global mainstream corporate reporting model to equate natural capital with financial capital. CDSB’s mission is to provide…
WBA had its annual steering committee meeting, general assembly and board meeting at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) in Nairobi, Kenya on 9th June 2015. During the meeting, Dr Benard Muok, Director of Programmes, ACTS (African Centre for…
A new African sustainability research hub will make a “huge contribution” to promoting low carbon economic development in Kenya, according to a speech on Wednesday by Hon. Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury. The speech was delivered by…
By Joel Onyango and Winnie Khaemba Rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, shifting seasons and climate related disasters are but a few indicators to the impacts that climate change has on the Gaia. As a result, vulnerable sectors such as agriculture…
ACTS Wins Award for Total Quality Management (Gold Category) from Business Initiative Directions (BID), a quality management assurance agency. The award ceremony took place at hotel Intercontinental Geneva, Switzerland. ACTS was represented by our Executive Director Dr. Cosmas Ochieng who…
ACTS is pleased to announce the book “Water Ecosystem Services: A Global Perspective” is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The book will be launched at a Special Session at the Water World Congress XV on May 27 in Edinburgh…
Vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles and tetanus kill hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 5 every year. By Dr. Rebecca Hanlin Add to this the number of children who could be saved from diseases for which…
On Saturday, December 5th, 2015 the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) in partnership with the German Development Institute (DIE) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) co-hosted a side event entitled, “Looking beyond Mitigation Targets: INDCs on finance, fairness…
On Friday, December 4th, 2015 the African Centre for Technology Studies and the STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex co-hosted a side event entitled, “Climate Relevant Innovation Systems Builders (CRIBs): How to Strengthen the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism.” The event…
As negotiations entered their third day at COP, ACTS researchers participated in two high-level side-events on December 2nd, 2015. ACTS Executive Director, Dr. Cosmas Ochieng moderated a side event entitled, “Scaling Up Adaptation Action: Opportunities for Knowledge,” while ACTS Research…
On Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 Dr. Cosmas Ochieng, the Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies spoke at an official UNFCCC side event of COP 21 entitled “Mitigation Contributions from Developing Countries: Innovation, technology and scenario analysis.” The…
On Monday, November 30th nearly 150 heads of states gathered in Paris for the opening of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The global community is gathered in Paris for…
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Teaching innovation in universities would show future leaders that it’s about more than R&D, says Rebecca Hanlin. Innovation is a hot topic these days in Africa. The success of African innovation and enterprise is increasingly recognised – examples include the mobile money-transfer service M-PESA…
ACTS has been ranked 22nd in the Top Science and Technology Think Tanks worldwide by the 2014 Global Go To Think Tanks report published by the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, ACTS was also ranked 46th in the Top Environment Think Tanks…
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