Walk towards zero gas emissions, save world on climate change

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The consequences of climate change have had a huge impact on marginalised communities, women and the youth.

Climate change has led to more frequent extreme weather events like drought and famine, more severe storms, loss of species, inadequate food supplies, more health risks, poverty and displacement amongst other effects that have adversely affected more than two million Kenyans.

Over the years, climate change has brought a ripple effect in the agricultural sector thus affecting food production. Many Kenyans do not have enough water for irrigation and basic use.

Every year, environmental factors take the lives of around 13 million people worldwide since the changing weather patterns are expanding diseases, and extreme weather events increase deaths and make it difficult for healthcare systems to keep up.

Although climate change is not only affecting Kenya, we ought to find possible ways to fight this war against climate change.

The Kenyan government should educate people on climate change by using various platforms to spread the message on how it's affecting us and how to act against it.

Kenya, like other leading nations such as the UK has a plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2030 it has shown its effort of following the same thing by introducing electric vehicles free from emission of gases.

Over 70 per cent of Kenya's energy-related emissions come from transportation and the burning of imported petrol and diesel. By doing so, Kenyans would have a promised clean and sustainable transport system by capitalising on surplus renewable energy powering our electricity grid.

Kenya would produce 95 per cent fewer carbon emissions than diesel vehicles of the same size. And in future, if the government encourages the use of electric vehicles, it will help curb climate change in the country.