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    "content": "adaptation will assist the country, especially productive sectors of our economy to align themselves to the realities of climate change. I do not have time to go through all the sectors that could be affected by climate change. It can affect almost virtually every sector, including a sector like that of internal security. One of the effects of climate change is floods and natural disasters, which means we will have displaced populations in some of the poor countries like our country as opposed to storms and other complicated or advanced weather conditions. If we have a large number of displaced people because of floods, torrents, avalanches and other climatic situations of this nature, it impacts on the internal security and the stability of the country. We will have masses of people who have been displaced, not because of bombs and guns, but because of floods and such kind of things. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, other than adaptation, this Bill also deals with the question of mitigation. Climate change mitigation means efforts that seek to prevent greenhouse gases or slow down the concentration of greenhouse gasses by limiting the current or future emissions and enhancing the potential syncs for greenhouse gases. Simply put, climate change mitigation means that the country puts in place measures that allow us to absorb excess greenhouse gases that we are emitting as a result of industrialization and other human activities. For example, we should absorb excess gasses like carbon dioxide through afforestation. We can plant so many trees because plants require carbaondioxide in their process of photosynthesis and in return, they emit oxygen. Afforestation is one example of an effort to mitigate climate change by taking in much of carbon monoxide. Another way of mitigating climate change would be by pursuing what is known in the Kyoto Protocol as clean development mechanism where they generate and use technologies in manufacturing and industrial sectors that are not emitting too much carbon monoxide or other offensive gases. If we have those technologies that are not causing a lot of harm to the environment, it would be an example of a strategy to mitigate climate change. I know this is a fairly scientific terrain. I can see Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. is lost. His usual bravado is under challenge. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move. I do not want to trouble Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. I will try my luck with my learned friend, Sen. Murkomen, to second."
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