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Originally published by Capital Newstop
November 11, 2025
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Kenya Calls for Global Support to Build Climate-Resilient Cities at COP30
Speaking at the High-Level Panel on Peripheries and Climate Justice at COP30, Environment and Climate Change Principal Secretary, Festus Ngeno highlighted Kenya’s leadership in implementing transformative urban programmes, including the Affordable Housing Programme and the Buil..
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Kenya has called for increased global support for climate-resilient urban development, emphasizing the need to assist vulnerable communities, during the COP30 High-Level Panel on Peripheries and Climate Justice.
- Environment and Climate Change Principal Secretary Festus Ngeno highlighted Kenya’s leadership in transformative urban programs, including the Affordable Housing Programme and the Building Climate Resilience with the Urban Poor (BCRUP) initiative.
- The BCRUP initiative, co-led with Brazil and backed by 20 African nations, is a ten-year plan aimed at fostering long-term partnerships and sustainable financing.
- PS Ngeno urged COP30 partners to prioritize BCRUP as a global model for climate-responsive urbanization, asserting that resilience should be a right.
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