The terminology climate change gained popularity globally in the 1980s and has been used to refer to global warming and its effects on the Earth’s climate system such as changes in precipitation. Globally the Earth’s climate changes, continues to impact countries negatively with extreme weather patterns such as heat waves, heavy rains, severe flooding, long droughts, wild fires and hurricanes. This has adopted to address climate change in Kenya. The theories adopted for this study are The Greenhouse Theory of Climate Change and the Theory of Sustainable Development. Secondary data from literature and data from the Kenya Metrological Offices data consequently affected livelihoods and sustainable development to a large extent. Kenya lies at the equator and is characterized by pleasant tropical climate. However, there are large regional climatic variations which are influenced by several factors, such as altitude. In Kenya, the most common climate change consequences reported are prolonged drought, diseases and flooding. This study sought to address the following research objectives; to understand the history of climate change on sustainable development in Kenya; to establish the effects of current climate change patterns on sustainable development in Kenya; to examine the effects of climate change on sustainable development in Kenya; to identify the challenges associated with climate change on sustainable development in Kenya; to analyze the mitigation practices base was collected and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Lodwar has been selected as a region of study as it is known to be one of the driest regions in Kenya. Key findings indicate that climate change continues to bring about devastating impacts to Kenyan citizens due to mainly flooding and drought. Climate change challenges are derived when they result to harmful impacts such as lack of access to resources needed for basic needs required to cushion the affected. Despite having policy documents, mitigation plans and adaptation activities more needs to be done to address the challenges and effects of climate change in Kenya.

Climate Change, Mitigation, Climate Change Patterns and Challenges, Sustainable Development

environmental engineering

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