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Action towards climate change must start with our local communities

A farmer carries farming tools to her sorghum field in the arid Turkana County, northern Kenya. [File, Standard]

During the 1970s, Emma and her siblings spent evenings harvesting fruits and vegetables from their father's farm for the local market.

Their father ran a sustainable farming business that met the family's essential needs. Fast forward to today, Emma is a mother of two and can barely afford basic necessities for her family as a farmer.

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