NAIROBI, March 4, (Xinhua), — Friday’s appeal by the United Nations Environment Program to the global community was to invest in science-technology in order to solve environmental pollution.
Inger Andersen from UNEP, executive director, said that countries should also invest in the training of youths in digital transformation skills through capacity-building.
She urged all nations to invest in engineering schools to design new products from recycled materials.
“We need to invest to academic institutions to find solutions to global environmental problems that threaten humanity, the environment,” Andersen stated during the launch Kenya’s national sustainable trash management policy and national maritime litter management action plan.
The launch was part of a special session commemorating the 50th anniversary of UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya.
Andersen praised Kenya’s ban on single-use plastics, and its ban on plastics in national parks and game reserves.
KeriakoTobiko, cabinet secretary at Ministry of Environment and Forestry, stated that Kenya places a lot of emphasis on the development of policies and guidelines on the environment sector, as it is one of its main pillars of socio-economic growth.
Carole Kariuki (chief executive officer of Kenya Private Sector Alliance) stated that the Kenyan Sustainable Waste Management Policy and the National Marine Litter Management Action Plan will promote recycling, which is still low across the country.
She said that KEPSA members were transitioning to a circular economic system.
The national sustainable trash management policy is designed to protect public health and the environment, encourage job creation, and implement integrated waste management and minimization of waste production.
The national marine litter action plan will help to manage litter disposal and accumulation in marine environments and help manage threats that threaten the health of the oceans.
