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    "id": 1382667,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1382667/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this very important Motion. Let me start by thanking Hon. Abdul Haro for bringing this Motion. It is, indeed, a very important Motion because policies guide the functions of government and institutions. Climate change monitoring is the ongoing observation of the changes in the climate, documenting them and assessing the changes in the global climate itself. It is important for us to do so. Its importance cannot be underestimated. We need to observe and know how climate is changing so that we know how the changes are likely to impact our survival, and how it impacts the earth. Such data helps us to understand past trends and prepare for future climate change possibilities. Once we know future climate change possibilities or scenarios, we can plan better. Climate change monitoring involves numerous interlinked components. It is not just one issue; it has many components. One of the components is that it leads to observation of the changes themselves and collection of credible data. Scientists collect data from various sources, like the weather stations all over, satellite stations and the ocean buoys. The data can include information on temperatures, precipitation or rainfall. It can include weather patterns and sea level changes. It can also include emissions of greenhouse gases or gases that warm the atmosphere. After analysing such data, we may be able to predict what is likely to happen to the climate of our surroundings at any particular point in time. After data is collected, then a monitoring system is put in place. From there, evaluation follows. Evaluation and analysis have to do with rigorous scrutiny of the data. Many statistical methods are applied to help identify patterns and trends that may point to potential future climate change or changes in some of these occurrences. Hon. Temporary Speaker, another issue, in view of what happens, is the modelling attributes or components that enables us to forecast or predict. Modelling has to do with analysing the data that we have, which scientists do by using scientific or mathematical models to predict future climate scenarios. Climate scenarios enable a nation to plan better and to understand how the future outlooks are in terms of climate. Sometimes we fail to know what the future is likely to be. Many times, this country has been found unprepared for climate change. The rainfall patterns have changed in terms of intensity. Nowadays the weather patterns have tended to be very erratic with extremely high erosivity indices. We have not conserved ourselves as much. Therefore, rainfall always carries away the soil. This is something we can avoid if we are better prepared to collect data that we can use to predict. Different models can predict how the climate will look like in future. We can foretell if greenhouse gases are going to increase by so much at a particular point in time. We can tell what is likely to happen to the ambient climate or the climate in our surroundings. We need to monitor climate changes to mitigate the climate itself or the effect of climate change. In other 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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