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EAC mulls new strategy to improve blue economy

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Deputy Secretary-General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social, and Political Sectors, Hon. Andrea Ariik,  during a side event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belém, Brazil. [Harold Odhiambo, Standard]

The East African Community (EAC) is pursuing an ambitious plan to transform the sustainable use and conservation of the region's fragile blue economy.

The move is part of an effort to incorporate regional integration to help achieve environmental sustainability while enhancing food security in the region.

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