Fred Obera's Page

What is your name?

Fred Obera

What organisation do you work for?

LVEMP II Kenya

What country are you based in?

Kenya

Please summarise your areas of climate-change expertise (in terms of subjects and geographical areas)

Writing and researching stories and further explores how climate change is impacting the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities in Eastern Africa. Focuses include adaptation, climate compatible development, security issues, disaster risk reduction and forest protection.

What is your telephone number?

+254 725 784047

Do you have a Skype account?

fobera

Which languages can you give interviews in?

English, Swahili and French

What is your website address?

http://www.lvemp2kenya.org

Please use this section to introduce yourself in more detail so the administrator can decide whether to approve your membership

Been a journalist for the past five years both as a freelance and as a regional correspondents for both international and local media fraternities.
I'm based in Nairobi, Kenya. It's a great story in a fast-growing and fast-changing region. I've been writing about climate change since university in Nairobi, where I did a life Journalism, with a communications major on the side. I started writing science articles for newspapers and, soon after completing my studies, joined news rooms as a junior climate change journalist.
I report on climate policy, climate science and the carbon market (CDM, emissions trading) in Eastern Africa and also focuses on adaptation, climate compatible development, security issues, disaster risk reduction and forest protection.