Climate Change to Climate Emergency: Kamoji Wachira on Navigating Africa's Climate Crisis and Wangari Maathai's Legacy

Kamoji Wachira, an environmental expert working globally, reveals the urgent transition from understanding climate change to recognizing the current climate emergency. He explores the consequences of soil erosion and emphasizes the critical need for proactive environmental management to ensure durability.

He emphasizes the increasing impacts of the climate emergency across Africa, including accelerating droughts, devastating floods, and unprecedented high heat that go above and beyond human and animal tolerance.

In his reflection, he relays the ripple effects of these changes, such as increased sickness rates, climate-induced migration, intensified wind speeds, and the threat of coastal erosion due to sea-level rise, all contributing to disease spread and significant psychological stress.

Wachira highlights the importance o ...