Why more women on national climate change council matter

The twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) is being held in Marrakech, Morocco from 7-18 November 2016 after the Paris Agreement entering into force. Negotiators, leaders, experts and activists are gathering to begin the daunting task of implementing this historic accord that seeks to avert the worst impacts of man-made climate change.

Climate Change is a global phenomenon, yet its impacts are severe and real in Kenya. Scientists attribute it to the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as drought and flooding. They predict that these, and other, observed climatic changes will become more severe in coming years with an estimated economic cost of more than 5 percent of GDP (World Bank, 2014).