President Uhuru Kenyatta met with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Thursday to discuss climate change challenges, particularly in developing nations.
President Kenyatta and Prime Minister Andersson agreed at a meeting on the margins of the Stockholm+50 summit in the Swedish capital that concerted efforts are needed to confront the triple global catastrophe of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
President Kenyatta stated that developing countries are the most affected by climate change’s harmful consequences, using Kenya as an example, which has endured drought for four years in a row.
The President stressed that now is the time to act, before things spiral out of control.
Prime Minister Andersson agreed that the Western world had a responsibility to lead the charge in combating the environmental catastrophe.
Later, President Kenyatta met with Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi and Abdulla Shahid, the President of the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session.
President Kenyatta and President Masisi emphasized the importance of following up on earlier environmental discussions and actions aimed at mitigating the detrimental consequences of climate change.
President Kenyatta praised Mr Shahid for bringing issues affecting the Global South at the forefront of UN debates in his capacity as President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
Mr Shahid, for his part, expressed gratitude to President Kenyatta for the continued support he has received from Kenya throughout his time as President of the United Nations General Assembly.
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