By
Isaiah Esipisu
Finalists
for the 2014 African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting (ACCER) Awards
were announced on the June 5, the World Environment Day at a colorful event in
Nairobi.
Speaking
during the event, Mulei Muiya, Kenya’s Director for Environment, Water and
Natural Resources noted that climate change had become a huge threat, referring
to the recent scary assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), which warns of accelerated extreme events of sea level rise,
drought and floods in the near future.
Angele
Luh, the Regional Information Officer for Africa at UNEP and a senior Member of the 2014 ACCER Awards Jury Team thanked the Pan
African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) for coming up with the award
initiative. “It will move the environmental and climate change reporting to the
next level, and ensure that we have accurate and responsible reporting of such
issues in Africa,” she said.
15
finalists from five different categories were announced during the event, and
they will all meet in Nairobi on June 25 for a gala night, where the winners
will be announced.
Apart
from monitory prizes, the overall winner will be sponsored to cover the 2014
Conference of Parties (COP 20) in Peru.
Below
is the list of the finalists:
1.
Arison Tamfu
2.
Greg Odogwu
3.
Bob
Koigi
4.
Patrick Mayoyo
5.
Busani Bafana
6.
Wambi Michael
7.
Jacob Safari
8.
Zeynab Wandati
9.
Rose Wangui
10.
Noela Luka
11. Gabriel Adonou
12. Didier
Hubert Madafime
13. Violate Mengo
14. Nininahazwe Diane
14. Kofi Adu Domfeh
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