President William Ruto was at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) on the afternoon of Sunday, September 3, to engage the youths ahead of the three-day Africa Climate Summit.
Nairobi, Kenya's capital, is hosting the summit aimed at driving and creating awareness for green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world.
Perhaps to align with the theme of the climate conference, Ruto drove himself in an electric vehicle to the venue.
Climate change has hugely been attributed to fossil fuel which vehicles run on and whose emissions have contributed to global warming; green energy has thus been vouched for.
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In his engagements with the youths, Ruto reiterated the need for the African populace to leverage agriculture to create wealth besides mitigating the after-effects of fossil fuel emissions.
The summit will hugely centre on adaptation, resilience, and other natural measures toward climate change and its adversities.
About 30,000 delegates are slated to grace the event.
On Saturday, September 2, Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen assessed the preparations at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) ahead of the international arrivals.
This morning I inspected the ongoing works at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in preparation for the upcoming Africa Climate Summit. I have instructed the management of Kenya Airports Authority led by the acting MD and JKIA to ensure that there is seamless facilitation… pic.twitter.com/6kyLLNmPFC
— KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, E.G.H (@kipmurkomen) September 2, 2023