COLLISION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN A COUNTRY

 What's climate change?

Climate change is a posing an increasing to global socio_economic development and environment sustainability.Developing countries with low adaptive capacity and high vulnerability to the phenomenon are disproportionately affected.Climate change in Kenya is increasingly impacting the lives of Kenya's citizens and the environment.Climate change has led to more frequent extreme weather events like droughts,regular and unpredictable rainfall causing floods for instance Budalang'i sub county in Busiest county is always affected by floods.

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Also Climate change in Kenya has led to more frequent droughts.these have caused wild animals to wander further in search of water and food.Some wild animals have come into conflicts with human beings when they kill sheep and goats in the village near national parks.

Climate change has got also impacts on society,this is by affecting the traditional way of life of some of the semi_nomadic tribes in kenya like the Samburu,Samburu people keep livestocks such as goats,sheeps and Camels.During the dry season the Samburu men takes the animals away from the homestead insearch of fresh pasture and water.and this time round climate change has caused the dry season to begin earlier and extend longer than usual,meaning the men and animals are away from for even longer periods of time,this makes it harder for women and children left behind to feed themselves.

Maasai herdsman with his livestock during a severe drought in the country. Courtesy of google.

Impacts of climate change in the economy of the country. If climate changes endangers wild life,it could damage Kenya's tourist industry of which its kenya's number one source of income,since wild life Safaris are a major part country's appeal for many tourists.On local scale,reduced yields of staple crops,such as Maize,beans will damage local economy.When farmers cannot produce and surplus crops to sell they cannot afford to buy other provisions,such as clothes,food and so other small businesses will suffer too.

Apart from the impacts people may be asking what has caused climate change in Kenya?Some sources reveal that Kenya's predominantly low_lying coastline and surrounding islands are at risk from sea level rise,with significant implications for fisheries sector and storm surge protection.

The effects of these climate change in kenya has already exciting challenge as we all watched on our television channels getting water and food is not easy and the economic growth is even more difficult.