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How the Green Belt Movement In Kenya Fights Climate Change
A few nights ago I couldn’t sleep, so I watched the BBC news broadcast on BBC America. A story about Kenya caught my attention, and I haven’t been able to forget about it. Northern Kenya is currently suffering from a drought that is devastating the area’s livestock, leaving farmers without a livelihood. Desertification globally makes 12 million hectares useless for farming annually, which affects 1.2 billion people, according to the World Bank. Climate change will cause the area of deserts to increase 17 percent.
While developed countries, namely the U.S., drag their feet in climate change negotiations, groups such as the Green Belt Movement (GBM) are doing what they can to fight climate change. The GBM is a 34-year old group established by Wangari Maathai and the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK). It has a network of over 4,000 community groups in Kenya that plant trees and protect the environment.
A 2009 report, Responding to Climate Change from the Grassroots: The Green Belt Movement Approach lists three ways the GBM works to fight climate change:
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