Historical Perspective of Climate Change in Northern Kenya

Pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya have an intimate interaction with climate change. Since pastoralism is intrinsically dependent on climate, the community has developed an adaptive set of mechanisms for dealing with climate change over the years. But state policies have frayed the edges of the community’s framework for dealing with climate, leaving them far more vulnerable to the changing climate. The Elephant in conversation with Gregory Akal, a journalist and Climate expert.