Taking Notice in Nairobi: Will World Leaders Respond

by clorenz1 | November 13, 2006 at 09:43 am

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There has been a lot to talk about at the Climate Conference in Nairobi, and the current deadly flooding across Kenya has been the backdrop for delegates attending the event. With water wars building across the globe, African nomads on the verge of extinction, people in the streets demanding change, the world seems acutely aware its leaders need to take notice.

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"Traditionally, the frogs would tell me something ... We had birds which would sing, and from their singing we would know that rains were near; and we would prepare pasture for our animals in good time so that the animals would not succumb to the drought," Abdullahi added.

"But all this is history, and now we have to rely on meteorologists and astrologists; and even whatever they tell us is not what happens."

He said that changing weather patterns, resulting in periods of intense drought, have forced pastoralists to abandon their traditional pursuit of cattle herding and migrate to towns. Many now depend on food aid for survival, while some have even lost their lives to drought.