Elvin Nyukuri

University of Nairobi | UON · Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP)

Rural poverty poses a significant developmental challenge in Kenya. Using a panel survey in rural Kenya and qualitative material from focus groups and life history interviews from the regions of Makueni and Vihiga, we investigate the changing role of how agriculture and farming practices have contributed to sustained escapes from poverty since 2000...

This handbook, edited by Claudia Ituarte-Lima and Maria Schultz, discusses strategies on how to weave the human right to a clean and healthy environment together with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework with a focus on the Global South. The authors, from various institutions and countries, reveal...

This article examines adaptation to climate change in view of changing humanitarian approaches in Isiolo County, Kenya. While humanitarian actors are increasingly integrating climate change in their international and national-level strategies, we know less about how this plays out at sub-national levels, which is key to tracking whether and how sho...

A case study of Siaya, Kenya The communities of fishers and farmers in Siaya, Western Kenya are increasingly affected by climate-related risks such as floods and droughts. The Kenya Red Cross Society and the Norwegian Red Cross have carried out pilot efforts in Siaya to integrate short term humanitarian responses to disasters with long term goals o...

T he population of most African cities have been growing since the 1960s at some of the fastest rates in the world, and by 2050, about 55% of Africans will be living in urban areas (up from 38% in 2000). 1 Over 90% of new urban development in Africa is informal. 2 While the locations, construction standards, population densities and other aspects o...

Due to the importance of land for livelihoods and identity in Africa, governance of land is at the heart of the state-society relationship. This policy brief traces the history of land tenure in Kenya, especially as it relates to the areas most affected by the recent post-election violence. It is important to recognise that not all post-election vi...

"In August 2008, the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) launched the inception phase of a project on Land Tenure and Violent Conflict in Kenya. In the aftermath of the early 2008 post-election violence, it became clear that issues related to land tenure were perceived by many experts as key to understanding the root causes and dynamics of...