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    "id": 1279744,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1279744/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I said earlier, climate control and climate change is governed around three key treaties to which Kenya is a signatory. One of those treaties is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which Kenya ratified in 1992. The objective of the Convention was to curb and stabilise greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. The second protocol is the Kyoto Protocol, to which Kenya became a State party in 1997. One of the key distinctions between the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCCC is that while the UNFCCC encourages industrialised countries to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions, the protocol committed the State parties to operationalisation of the UNFCCC commitments by committing industrialised countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets. The Kyoto Protocol, however, failed to stem the flow of global emissions. It further failed to equate emission reductions with economic opportunities and some countries grew to view mitigation as a very costly punishment. The Kyoto Protocol required only developed countries to reduce emissions. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in 2015, the countries agreed on yet another legally binding climate treaty - the Paris Agreement - which recognises that climate change is a shared problem and calls on all countries in the world to set emission targets. Kenya was not left behind. As a country, we have set our own emission targets. At the heart of the Paris Agreement and the achievement of its long-term goals are what are called the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The NDCs embody efforts by each country around the world to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. 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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