Governors have petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to urgently constitute the National Climate Change Council and make it operational before the upcoming conference in the UK. Council of Governors (CoG) Chairperson of the Environment and Climate Change Committee, Wilber Ottichilo, said doing so will strengthen Kenya’s position at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK, in November. The Vihiga governor said though Kenya had made great strides with the enactment of the Climate Change Act, 2016, National Climate Change Response Strategy (2012) and National Climate Change Action Plan (2012-2018), more needs to be done to change the brutal tide of global warming. On behalf of the CoG, he urged the Climate Change Working Group to focus on creating strong networks of civil societies involved in climate change activities in each of the 47 counties. The three strategic plans that were launched are Kenya Climate Change Working Group Strategic Plan (2021-2025), Kenya Climate Change Working Group Advocacy Strategy (2021-2024) and Kenya Climate Change Working Group Communication Strategy (2021-2023).

Source: Standard Digital July 28, 2021 17:03 UTC