ABSTRACT
Climate change is being felt in countries throughout the world, from low-lying countries, such as Bangladesh and the Maldives, to temperate countries in the northern hemisphere, to countries in Africa's arid and semi-arid Sahel. At the county level, the 2013 devolution agreement that led to the decentralization of many government functions has created many new responsibilities for the county government, which gives it an expanded role in addressing the human rights effects of climate change and other environmental threats. The Paris Agreement explicitly acknowledges "that climate change is a common concern of humankind" and that parties should "respect, promote and consider" human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples, as well as "migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations." Along with Marsabit and Samburu Counties, Turkana County is home to Lake Turkana, the largest desert lake in the world. The Kenyan Climate Change Law was finally passed in May 2016.
