FIVE years ago, on Dec 12, all 196 nations in the world signed a treaty in Paris to curb climate change. The United Nations official behind the deal, Christiana Figueres, said afterwards that it had “ignited a huge flame of hope” after two decades of tortuous negotiations.
The signatories all committed to cut their carbon emissions in order to limit global warming to “well below” 2°C above pre-industrial times, if not 1.5°C. Today, that promise has not only failed to materialise but total emissions have climbed compared to three decades ago, according to news emerging from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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THE STANDARD By
Lynet Otieno |
December 31st 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Kenya will need at least $62 billion (Sh6.7 trillion) to implement its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) it has submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Of the amount needed between 2021 and 2030, the country is however asking for 87 per cent international support, and saying it will mobilise resources to foot the rest of the bill.
“Compared to our first NDC, which was fully conditional to support, Kenya commits to mobilise resources to meet 13 per cent of this budget, and will require international support for 87 per cent of the budget,” read the updated NDC.
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