Comments on: How climate change affects East Africa

By: Clarence

Clarence — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:15:59 +0000

I enjoyed reading the article. I visited Kenya for the first time in September to learn about your sustainability issues. I was part of some training in Machakos on sustainability. I live in St Paul,MN USA. I agree that population is a huge piece of the problem. My impression is Kenya’s sustainability issues are here today, while in America they are often harder to see (especially for some people) and thus harder to get those people to pay attention and begin to change

By: Global Voices in Italiano » Ambiente: aggiornamenti dai blogger africani

Global Voices in Italiano » Ambiente: aggiornamenti dai blogger africani — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:48:48 +0000

[...] Il Prof. Leakey risponde ad alcuni quesiti del blogger Dipesh Pabari sul cambiamento climatico in Africa orientale. [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Environment: Updates from African Bloggers

Global Voices Online » Environment: Updates from African Bloggers — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:25:15 +0000

[...] Dr. Leakey answers some questions from the blogger Dipesh Pabari about climate change in East Africa. [...]

By: Anna M

Anna M — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:06:29 +0000

Very true and many good points, the governments of East Africa needs to start having a long term view on the issues facing them in future, thanks Dr Leakey

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:38:29 +0000

thanks a lot – good summary.

By: Sukuma Kenya

Sukuma Kenya — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:38:48 +0000

Hi Dr. Leakey,
I would also be very interested to hear your thoughts on UNEP’s practical “Kick the CO2 Habit” campaign. It seems to me that they may have missed the point when they are telling us all to stop using alarm clocks as a way to reduce carbon emissions yet they don’t seem to be prepared to tell their own staff to stop buying gas guzzlers like Humvees. I have tried to ask them directly but am not having much luck getting their attention…