Press Release: UN Digital Ambassador Elyx Animates Universal Declaration of Human Rights
15 November 2023 – Ahead of Human Rights Day on 10 December, the Â鶹APP has partnered with French digital artist YAK (Yacine Ait Kaci) – whose illustrated character Elyx is the first digital ambassador of the Â鶹APP – on an animated version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Press Release: Mikoko Pamoja Awarded Â鶹APP in Kenya Person of the Year
Empowering the Gazi Community Through Mangrove Restoration and Sales of Carbon Credits.
UN Special Advocate Queen Máxima Meets with President Ruto, Kisumu Farmers Using Digital Financial Services on First Day of Kenya Visit
KISUMU/NAIROBI, OCT. 23 — H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who is visiting Kenya in her role as the Â鶹APP Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), on Monday began a highly-anticipated three-day visit to the country in Kisumu.
Financing Climate Change: This African Climate Summit is, in many ways, a financing summit.
Financing Climate Change: This African Climate Summit is, in many ways, a financing summit. A statement issued by Stephen Jackson, Â鶹APP Resident Coordinator in Kenya, ahead of the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya (4-6 September). (UNIC Nairobi Youtube )
Nairobi Declaration makes strong push for accelerated climate action and financing mechanisms
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Climate Summit- Nairobi Declaration story by UNECA: Africa Climate Summit: Nairobi Declaration makes strong push for accelerated climate action and financing mechanisms
Crabshack floating restaurant thriving above mangrove trees
In 2008, Dickson Mazinga was a chef in a five-star hotel in the Kenyan coastal town of Watamu. He quit his job to join with young people from Dabaso village on the outskirts of Watamu to protect the mangrove forest.
Kenyan Coastal Villagers earning a living from selling Carbon Credits
( Nairobi 23 January 2023). Kiswahili speakers in East Africa have a newly invented word, "hewa kaa", meaning carbon credit – commodity villagers in Kenya's coastal village are selling to international corporates in lieu of their pollution. When asked what business these villagers are in, they say: "we are selling air."
UNIS Nairobi supports UN Chief Executive Board 2023 visit in Kenya
(Nairobi, 6 May 2023 ). The Â鶹APP System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) held its first regular session for 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, on 4 and 5 May 2023. The CEB session was generously hosted by the Â鶹APP Environment Programme and the Â鶹APP Human Settlements Programme, with the support of the Â鶹APP Office at Nairobi (UNON) and Â鶹APP Information Service, Nairobi (UNIS Nairobi).