Kenya cannot afford to treat climate disasters as surprises

Are We Really Ready for Climate Shocks?

Therefore, we can no longer afford to treat climate risks as someone else’s problem or as a future concern because it is already here.

Carbon Credits: A Climate Financing  Solution for Kenya? - Africa Uncensored

By Nelly Madegwa In Kenya’s third National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP III) to reduce greenhouse gases and adjust to the impacts of current or expected climate change, the country pledged to establish domestic legislation and an institutional framework to govern participation in both carbon market and non-market mechanisms.  This action plan included the creation of a framework for Kenya to engage in the global carbon markets, and introduc…

Kenya cannot afford to treat climate disasters as surprises

In the past five years alone, failed rainy seasons have left over 4 million people across Kenya in need of humanitarian aid, with livestock dying in their thousands. Across the northern counties, children have had to drop out of school as entire communities are displaced in search of water and pasture. On the other extreme, […] The post Kenya cannot afford to treat climate disasters as surprises appeared first on HapaKenya.