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    "id": 1191866,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1191866/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Kuria",
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    "content": "I would like to congratulate Hon. John Kiarie for coming up with such an important Motion during a time when we have a discussion on climate change. One Kahlil Gibran said: “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” Kuria Kimani would like to add: And when the trees write this beautiful poem to the sky, the sky becomes kind and gives us rain. Not too much rain as to destroy our land, but enough to grow our food. For when we plant trees, the sky rewards us by giving us wind; wind that blows cool breezes to cool our brains. But not too strong as to destroy our homes. The debate across the world now is about climate change. As an economist, I was trying to find out if, by any chance, there is a relationship between economic stability or economic growth and climate change. I was able to establish that climate change is now considered one of the greatest threats to economic stability. For starters, when temperatures are too high, people’s productivity reduces. That is why the productivity of people is usually at its lowest between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., when there is scorching sun. Labour is one of the factors of production. Therefore, if you are not productive because of excess heat, that affects the economic stability of any country across the world. This is only a simple example. I can be technical in my research. Using data collected in 174 countries, Matthew E. Kahn et al, in an IMF working paper entitled ‘ Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of ClimateChange: A Cross-Country Analysis,’ using novel economic strategy, proved that persistent changes in climate change have long negative effects on economic growth. This is a research study that has been done by a combination of economists and environmentalists. It showed that climate change statistically has negative impacts on economic growth. Increase in average global temperatures at around 0.04 per cent per annum reduces the world’s GDP by 7.22 per cent. We are talking about an increase in temperature leading to a decrease in global GDP. It is direct connection. In countries that did not have mitigation measures to stop this negative climate change, the impact was seen to be double. Therefore, we must deal with this elephant in the world. And the easiest and most logical way to do that is to plant trees. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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