Climate Change: Kenya (19 images)

The effects of Climate Change are hitting the developing countries at first. Changing conditions, a weak social infrastructure and weak possibilities for adapting to the effects - Climate Change is not only an enviromental problem. It is in many ways also a social problem, affecting the livelihoods of many.

In Kenya three regions are struggling the most with the effects of the changing climate. It often leads as a tipping point to the loss of livestock for many. As a result many...
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The effects of Climate Change are hitting the developing countries at first. Changing conditions, a weak social infrastructure and weak possibilities for adapting to the effects - Climate Change is not only an enviromental problem. It is in many ways also a social problem, affecting the livelihoods of many.

In Kenya three regions are struggling the most with the effects of the changing climate. It often leads as a tipping point to the loss of livestock for many. As a result many move to the big cities like Nairobi to build a new way of living, but way too often finding themselves in the slums with not much chances for a future above the poverty line.

Climate Change and the population growth are two factors that reinforce themselves.
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