Tackle weak links in climate action

A boy fills a jerrican with water at Ngai Ndethya village in Kibwezi East. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

The Climate Change agenda has received substantive attention in the leading 2022 presidential candidates’ manifestos.

This shows the candidates understand the risks the crisis poses to strategic sectors. Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands is more than 80 per cent of the country’s land mass. Agriculture accounts for close to 30 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – majority being smallholder farmers, while Tourism is also a major foreign currency earner.