East African innovators win global climate prize at COP26
Mbou Mon Tour from DR Congo is a community-based forest management initiative, which combines a range of community income generation schemes to protect the endangered bonobo great ape. PHOTO | COURTESY
Four East African climate innovators from Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have won the prestigious 2021 Ashden Awards at the UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Ashden Awards, organised by a London-based charity that works in sustainable energy and development, honour pioneering organisations from the United Kingdom and low-income countries working to lower carbon emissions and build a fairer world.
