We must take it upon ourselves to change the way we do things to mitigate effects of climate change. “If we continue living in denial about climate change, we are putting our very livelihoods at great risk,” he added. The strategy enlists action plans Kenya will take towards adapting to climate change, with an annual budget for proposed climate change programmes standing at Sh235 billion nationally. A recent Oxfam report warns poor harvest, water shortages and extreme temperatures, as the consequences of climate change will plunge millions of the rural poor into desperation. To most climate change victims, the global search for solutions to problems bedeviling them right in their immediate environments has been slow and obstinate.

Source: Standard Digital April 22, 2018 19:52 UTC