An open letter to former UNEP chief - Mr. Achim Steiner

On behalf of the sovereign people of Kenya and the entire fraternity of environment, I humbly take this noble opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude to you and the entire UNEP offices for the commendable job during your tenure at UN office. Your unrelenting efforts have seen significant improvements in environment, more so in addressing the global menace, the one known as climate change.

As a climatologist, I was quite keen and made incessant follow-ups on climate talks and negotiations during COP21 climate summit in Paris, France. The overall process of negotiations was worthwhile. We hope that the entire world will live to reciprocate similar efforts during the forthcoming COP 22 climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco. With the good leadership you established, greenhouse emissions control is technically feasible given the imprint you left behind. The call for ratification of COP21 resolutions comes against the backdrop effects of extreme events faced by the developing world in the wake of climate change. Worth mentioning, the world has been enduring a protracted pain in adaptation and mitigation of climate change and variability.