IT'S TIME TO ACT

Climate change has been a topic under discussion for quite some time with leaders trying to find solutions to it's effects. It's clear definition of long term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns answer the very many questions of it's effects to the world.

As much as efforts are done to save the situation many forget that we are all responsible or take the bigger part of causing harm to our selves through burning of fuel like coal, oil and gas.

The united Nations has gone a step ahead by sensitizing people on the effects of climate change , by making the nineteenth of August to be the world humanitarian day inorder to pressure world leaders to take action to curb the single biggest threat facing humanity which every country acknowledges the science behind it.

Every other day there is an increase in temperatures and heat waves which tend to affect the elderly and the sick , this makes the world uncomfortable to many of them .

Increase in drought and floods is being experienced in many regions that no one thought of. Many countries in Africa experience drought especially in the horn of Africa which has brought nothing but misery to the people . Many lose lives especially infants simply because there is nothing to take in .

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There is flooding in many areas which brings about loses to human beings and even death taking people back to zero.

The increase of infectious diseases cannot be left behind. In Africa there is an increase in mosquito population this has been brought by increase in temperatures in the region and also increase in bacterial Lung infections.

Many nations cannot afford to feed it's population because there is loss in agricultural productivity . The long dry seasons and little rain experienced has caused malnutrition amongst children and even agribusiness no longer grow in the countries. It's time to act !