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Kenyan University students join the climate change movement

By Njeri Gatiba As World leaders rush to meet the deadlines to present a binding agreement to address climate change and its effects at COP 21 Paris, France, University students in Kenya have joined the climate change movement to urge leaders to make this fair and binding agreement. They are also committed to local actions to address the global challenge. This was during “1st Inter university dialogue on the climate change adaptation and mitigation policy and practise” that was hosted by AYICC KENYA in collaboration of Kenyatta University Environmental Club (KUNEC) and the Kenya Inter University Environmental Students Association (KIUESA) ON 15 TH October 2015 at K.U. The dialogue themed “be the driving force” was a culmination of a series of mini dialogues undertaken by AYICC Kenya during university clubs weekly meetings. The aim is to create awareness on international policies under (UNFCCC and Conference Of Parties process) and national climate change polices (National Climate

The Paris Agreement: what does it contain?

By Herman Kwoba: http://studentofpolicy.blogspot.co.ke/ The BBC talked of a landmark agreement; CNN, through one of its reporters ran with the title “this is the end of fossil fuel”. The Aljazeera and France 24 both called it a historic agreement. This was only a glimpse of the excitement with which the Paris agreement was received; the international media were in no way blowing the issue out of proportion as they are sometime accused of, their coverage reflected the international and local reception of the announcement of the agreement. A look at the websites of various development organizations reflects the same optimistic enthusiasm and excited reception seen in the international media; words like “monumental triumph” from UNEP and “Historic agreement” from World Bank are just a few of what was being used to describe the agreement and the mood that followed. The question however is, Does this agreement actually offer the hope the world has been yearning for? Is this intern