Mercy Ndalila, PhD student, University of Tasmania – Australia, delivered a seminar on the ongoing Australian fires and lessons for Kenya on preparedness and Adaptation on January 22, 2020 at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI).

The UoN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama chaired a meeting at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI) on Tuesday 14 January, 2020. He was meeting a high-powered delegation from Trent University (Canada). This follows a visit to the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences last year by the Vice Chancellor of Trent University. The purpose of the visit was to explore potential areas of collaboration between the two Universities. The Canadian delegation was led by Prof. Neil Emery (Vice-President Research and Innovation).

Thirteen Students from Linnankoski Upper Secondary School (Porvoo, Finland), accompanied by three teachers and Prof. Petri Pellica, visited the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies on January 10, 2020. They wanted to learn about climate change in Kenya, its causes and impacts on migration, food security and health.