Fresh Blow for Kenya’s Moribund Climate Change Body
Tea pickers in Kenya's Mount Kenya region. Climate change is projected to impact tea production. Photo © CIAT/ Wikimedia Commons
A court order blocking appointments to the Kenya Climate Change Council (KCCC) has dealt a blow to efforts to activate the critical agency that has been in limbo since it was created in 2016.
Concern is mounting that a fresh round of court battles over appointments to KNCCC will undermine climate action in Kenya amid the worsening impacts of climate change.
Parliament created the institution under the Climate Change Act to coordinate and oversee the implementation of the country's national climate change response strategy. This includes administering a fund to tackle climate change and setting targets for regulating greenhouse ga...