Reluctance to enact Paris Accord is crime against humanity

An activist protests as part of the Make Big Polluters Pay campaign inside the venue of the U.N. climate change conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, December 4, 2019. [Reuters]

The deluge that has caused unprecedented destruction and loss of life has left experts totally confused about the nation’s weather patterns. Floods, landslides and rising temperatures will reduce this year’s harvest and consequently empty out the grain reserves to make up for the shortage. Emergency assistance will also quickly expend county budgets designed for ongoing development projects. Many are wondering whether normal seasonal weather patterns will resume after this catastrophe or are we to witness more unpredictable, destructive trends that will impoverish the nation?

Of course it is not just Kenya that is suffering; Somalia, Djibouti and South Sudan have experienced similar flooding and destruction while Zambia, Zimbabwe and parts of South Africa have experienced prolonged drought. The Karibu Dam is just 20 per cent full resulting in widespread power rationing while the world famous Victoria Falls looks set to dry up. Zimbabwe will need food assistance for 50 per cent of its citizens next year and Zambia’s harvest looks like falling far short of the nation’s food requirements. What is really going on?