Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 475097,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/475097/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 314,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
        "slug": "wilber-ottichilo"
    },
    "content": "In the Rio de Janeiro meeting, in 1992, it was realized that this problem exists and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was formed. Therefore, we have had a convention on climate change since 1992. We have Kyoto Protocol, which has tried to address how to limit climate change or temperature increase. All these efforts have not stopped the increase in temperatures. What are we doing as a country? As a country, we have done very well. Currently, we have a national climate change response strategy which was prepared in 2010. This strategy tries to tell Kenyans that climate change is a reality and we must address it. It outlines what we should address on climate change if we have to limit it. We also have the national climate change action plan which was launched last year. It also looks at what we should do to address climate change. Climate change is with us for the next 100 years and over. So, we must learn how to live with it. We cannot run away from it. This Bill is attempting, first of all, to create awareness on the impact of climate change to the socio-economic development of this country. It is now a reality and we shall live with it. We must now find ways on how to live with it. This Bill intends to create an institutional framework to address the challenges of climate change. Right now, we do not have an institutional framework and because climate change is not an environmental issue, but a developmental issue, we need an institutional framework that can cut across all the sectors of the economy. That is why this Bill is looking at possibilities of where we can anchor this institution that will coordinate all the activities throughout the country. This Bill is also looking at mitigation factors. There are factors that we have to mitigate to reduce the increase of green houses into the atmosphere. We must reduce the emission of carbon dioxide. Our vehicles on the roads in Nairobi are emitting tonnes and tonnes of carbon dioxide every day. In fact, in Nairobi, we live in a carbon dioxide atmosphere. This has a lot of impact on the human health and my friend here, who is a doctor, will tell you what it does. We are concerned about the non-communicable diseases and climate change is one of the major causes of that."
}