Speaking on the sidelines of the UNEP meeting currently ongoing in Nairobi, Mr Mohammed said “climate change undoubtedly remains the most important challenge of our time and efforts to address our economic challenges without factoring its effects are futile. Climate change should continue to inform all public discourses and developmental policy".
He said Kenya like any other part of Africa is already hit by the ravages of climate change and cited frequent droughts in Northern Kenya and the Sahel and recurrent floods in parts of lower Western region as pointers that Kenya is already feeling the effects of climate change.
Ali said that it is the responsibility of the global community to help overcome the challenge of the Climate change.
He lauded the African civil society for their role in COP17 and said the civil society helped governments concretize on their positions during the negotiations in Durban, South Africa last November.
Speaking on COP17 held in Durban, South Africa in November-December 2011, Ali said Africa for the first time presented a common position and made it loud and clear to all…thanks to the chair of AMCEN based in Bamako, Mali as well as South African government which did Africa proud in the manner the COP17 was organized and run and COP president. Read the full report here.
Source: by Patrick Mwanzia and Naftali Mwaura.
