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    "id": 710960,
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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": "(1) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial levels recognising that, that would significantly reduce the risks and the impact of climate change. (2) Increasing the ability to adapt to the advance impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development in a manner that does not threaten food production. (3) Making finance flows consistent with the pathways towards low greenhouse emissions and climate resilient development. The Paris Agreement brings all parties to a common platform to undertake ambitious actions to compact climate change and adapt to its adverse effects. How did this House get to consider this Agreement? The Memorandum to Parliament on the Ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement was committed to the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on 15th November 2016 in accordance with Section 8 of the treaty making and Ratification Act for consideration and Report to the House. Once ratified, the Agreement shall become part of our Kenyan laws as provided for in Article 2(6) of the Constitution, which provides that any treaty or convention ratified by Kenya shall form part of the law of Kenya under this Constitution. After receiving the Agreement, the Committee held several meetings. The first meeting we held with the CS in charge of Environment and Natural Resources; the CS is in charge of implementing the Agreement pursuant to Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution on public participation and Section 3 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act of 2012. The Committee placed advertisements in two local dailies on 21st November 2016 requesting submissions of memorandum on the subject matter. The Committee received memorandum from two civil society groups and from individuals. What are the constitutional implications of these Agreements? Climate change is an integral part of the Constitution and is anchored in the national climate change framework policy and Climate Change Act of 2016.The preparation of the Climate Change Act took place during the period that the Paris Agreement was being negotiated and is, therefore, in line with the implementation of the Paris Agreement and will contribute towards the implementation of the Climate Change Act of 2016. It would also contribute towards the implementation of Vision 2030 and the relevant Articles of our Constitution. Further, climate change mitigation and adaptation action anchored in the Agreement will strengthen the adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable groups and communities in our society. These groups include, but are not limited to, women, children, persons with disabilities and marginalised communities and will bring all these marginalised groups together to benefit from the implementation of the agreement. What are the benefits of this Agreement to this nation? There are quite a number of benefits that this Agreement will, once ratified, make this country receive. Among the benefits are financial benefits that will benefit this country. Kenya, like other parties in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, has an obligation to prepare and implement nationally determined contributions covering mitigation and adaptation actions every five years. In addition, the country will have enhanced reporting requirements under this Agreement. The estimated budgets to address the country’s climate change response are reflected in the National Climate Change Action Plan and International Adaptation Plan. It is in the same actions that the country submitted its contribution to the nationally determined contributions. 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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