Kenya: Scientist Gets Top Global Job

15 March 2011

A Kenyan scientist has been named to a new global commission to address the threat climate change poses to food security. Prof Judi Wakhungu is among the 13 experts whose recommendations in the next 10 months will be directed to the United Nations for possible action.

The scientists will seek to have countries agree on actions that will help the world adapt to climate change and achieve food security. Prof Wakhungu is the head of the African Centre for Technology Studies, an international science think tank based in Nairobi.

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