Indigenous knowledge can help drive climate action plan

Devolution minister Eugine wamalwa it, lead some governors in planting trees at Loitokitok yesterday.The CS have launched the nationwide drive to plant 2 Million trees ahead of the 7th Devolution Conference in August.[PETERSON GITHAIGA]

Climate change has been a global issue over the last 100 years. Rising temperatures, rising sea levels, coastal erosion and extreme weather events like floods, landslides and severe droughts are some of the manifestations of climate change in Africa.

Kenya has not been spared from the devastating effects of the changing climate. Rainfall patterns have become unpredictable and the long rains have been declining continuously in recent decades. Droughts and floods have become more intense leaving behind a trail of destruction and deaths. Specifically, droughts and floods have contributed to: displacement of persons; an upsurge of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever; cholera outbreaks in some counties; loss of livelihoods; local conflicts over resources and food insecurity.