President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked the world to remain committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change, which gave hope to some of the most vulnerable countries.
The President said his Cabinet has already approved the ratification of the Paris Agreement and now awaits the final ratification from Parliament.
“I urge other Parties that have not yet ratified the Agreement to do so,” President Kenyatta said, pointing out that the rolling out of the implementation of the Agreement will benefit the present and future generations.
President Kenyatta was speaking in Marrakech, Morocco, when he addressed a high-level segment of the first climate change conference “for Action” after the historic Paris Agreement last year.
The session was attended by delegations from 190 countries, including more than 100 leaders.
The President welcomed the coming into force of the Paris Agreement, saying it will provide the much-needed impetus to address climate change for a safer future.
“This universal Agreement is the beginning of renewed transparent enhanced global ambitious action and support to address the challenge of climate change in the short and long terms,” the President said. He added:
“We should aim to ensure achievement of the long-term global goal of stabilizing the global temperature increase to below 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial levels, which gives hope to the most vulnerable countries and communities.”
The Head of State appreciated the Agreement’s linkages to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that include ending extreme poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
President Kenyatta emphasized the need to synchronize the implementation processes of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the SDGs.