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Media houses need support to cover climate change adequately

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Carcass of dead livestock in Korbesa Village of Isiolo North Sub County. [Courtesy, Standard]

Climate journalism has been in practice for decades although the ferocious effects of environmental degradation and ecosystem uncertainty may make the sphere to be viewed as a new phenomenon in recent years.

In Kenya, for example, the media have persistently investigated and reported about the side effects of runaway droughts, particularly in semi-arid northern region of the country. Livestock deaths and excruciating hunger among the pastoral community have always been brought to the fore by journalists.

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