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Conservationist plants trees to check effect of climate change

Raphael Kyee Mbatha, known as Captain Green leads students and teachers of Moi Girls Isinya, in Kajiado County to plant trees within the school. [Courtesy]

As world leaders were meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss how to bring climate change under control, one conservationist tied himself on a tree in Nairobi to create awareness of the dangers of destroying the environment.

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, which may be natural although human activities have been the main driver of climate change mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels that produce heat-trapping gases.

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