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Why Kenya should break free from fossil fuels!

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Follow the story with The Conservationist's Sight ... Desertification has now spread into northern Kenya, rainfall shortages in the past year caused famine across various regions of the country, not to mention the past El-Nino effects and the recent heat waves that were experienced by all. And now the ongoing torrential rainfall is set to damage the crops of many farmers. All a result of climate change. Women and girls, caught in a small sandstorm, fetch water in Wajir, Kenya. [Photo Credit: www.theatlantic.com ] Science clearly shows that there is a strong correlation between the emission of greenhouse gases through the burning of fossil fuels and the average rise in global temperature. These emissions of greenhouse gases largely are, if not entirely, the result of human activity. Many may say – especially in Africa – that climate change is the enemy from above. We get seasonal rains that water our crops from the clouds in the sky and when the rains
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UNITED NATION ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY (UNEA II) Report by: Tracy Kimathi The United Nations held the second UNEA conference that took place on the 23- 27th of May at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme was “Delivering on the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Unlike UNEA-1, thee agenda included youth within the delegations, students from different universities as well as youth initiatives were invited to interact with over 1,000senior policy makers representing the world's highest level decision making bodies on the environment. The conference targeted the following agendas; Reflection on the latest global, regional and national development related to the environment Innovative technologies and ideas for a more efficient strategy between South-South cooperation (S.S.C) Ideas for how to encourage international and regional collaboration to enable implementation of policies Understanding the link between S.S.C and