Go beyond rhetoric and boardroom talk to safeguard the environmentThe United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA - 4) held in Nairobi has ended on a high note, with rich resolutions and commitments on the table.What remains to be seen, however, is whether these will bear any fruit. How can we discuss forest cover without transiting to renewable forms of energy? Kenyans are highly creative and with unemployment hovering at over 50 per cent, innovating for renewable sources of energy will not only create jobs but also protect our vegetation from depletion. SEE ALSO :Global tourist arrivals hit 1.4 billionAs we discuss alternative energy sources, we must also discuss the plastic menace which continues to choke oceans. We cannot afford to predispose our environment, hence our very existence, to further threats.

Source: Standard Digital March 15, 2019 21:11 UTC