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    "id": 710959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the Ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 30th November 2016, and, pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the Ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to brief the House regarding this Agreement so that as the Members discuss and approve it, they know its intent. The Paris Climate Change Agreement is a multilateral treaty under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Agreement provides a legal framework for all countries to address climate change. The Agreement was adopted on 12th December 2015 in Paris at the 21st Conference of Parties (Cop 21) to the Convention. Kenya became a signatory to the Agreement on 22nd April 2016. Under the Agreement, parties, which are countries, are able to determine the level of their contribution to the global response to climate change according to their own national circumstances. The Agreement provides for durable, robust and ambitious action on climate change. It is universal, inclusive and is applicable to all parties and would be implemented to reflect equity and the principle of differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities in the light of different national circumstances. The aim of the Paris Agreement is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty including the following: 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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