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Kenya launches $34 million project to tackle effects of climate change

Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya on Wednesday launched a $34 million project aimed at cushioning the effects of drought caused by climate change, targeting communities living in arid regions of the country.

Finance and environment ministry officials said the five-year Green Climate Fund would go towards helping 620,000 people in 11 regional counties in arid and semi-arid areas and would aim to restore over 500,000 hectares of rangelands.

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