Creating Climate Hope
While climate change is in reality a very serious and impactful challenge to mankind there exists plenty of hope in combating it. Climate change will manifest as the physical consequences of a warming climate: floods, droughts, heat waves and the like. There are also the socioeconomic effects originating from these impacts. But given all this, there still is a lot of hope in climate action and therefore a window for change. There is also momentum for change, something evidenced by the fact that climate change is one of the topics being discussed globally with those for action more than those against. A rose on concrete - there is hope in climate action Let us start with legislation. A lot of countries in the world have introduced climate legislation in their laws. The Kenya Climate Change Bill was passed into law in 2016. The bill establishes a national climate change council, the climate change directorate, includes the environment and land court and directions for a national climat...