East African Civil Societies Petition EAC on Climate Change I Dickson Odhiambo

Addressing the press in Kisumu November 28, 2018 during the Devolution and Climate Change Adaptation in Western Kenya Program Climate March 2018, the Civil Societies say in East Africa there are effects of El Nino Rains, droughts that not only affects East Africa but also even the other parts of the world.

They say in East Africa Climate Change is derailing the efforts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals as well as achieving efforts to reduce poverty.

“Climate change related factors are already ranked high in East Africa as one of the major threats confronting the region in form of warmer weather , environmental degradation due to soil erosion, food insecurity and diseases outbreaks,” they say.

The civil societies says the East African Community needs to incorporate the provisions of the Paris Agreement on climate change that was signed a few years that came up with climate change policy which is under revision , adding that the proposed EAC Climate change law should strengthen climate action in the region.

“We know that the EAC has adopted a roadmap but then how to approach the implementation of this roadmap is the issue,” they add.