Here is what you need to know to get up to speed with today’s happenings.

KCSE exams continue

The 2024 candidates for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education will continue their examinations today, starting with Mathematics paper two at 8:00 am on Monday, November 11, 2024, and then sitting the Kiswahili Fasihi paper at 11:00 am.

The examinations will be in their fourth week, and a raft of measures will be employed to curb the rising cases of exam cheating.

All the containers in which the exams are stored will be opened at 7:00 a.m. All centre managers must have the approved list of persons in the centre who must have ID cards for identification. The mobile phones of all personnel in the centre must be locked up, and the key will be kept by the supervisor.

COP 29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan

Calls for an increase in climate financing are expected to dominate talks as world leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan for the COP 29, which kicks off today until November 22.

The United Nations meeting comes at a time when there is a growing need to fund climate adaptation through capacity building and technology transfer to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Countries in the Global South are bearing the brunt of the polluted globe with Kenya, for instance experiencing back-to-back erratic climatic conditions including the recent drought that ushered in El Nino deluge within two years.

Despite the developing countries emitting the least amount of greenhouse gases that cause global warming, they are the worst hit by the outcomes of climate change.