President Kenyatta travels to Marrakech for climate change conference

President Uhuru Kenyatta has travelled to Marrakech, Morocco, to attend the 22^nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) also known as COP22.

The conference will focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change, which Kenya is a signatory.

While in Morocco, President Kenyatta is also expected to join close to 40 Heads of State and Government at the Africa Action Summit that will be held on the sidelines of COP22.

The summit will discuss Africa’s roadmap for the implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

The plane carrying President Kenyatta and his entourage departed from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport shortly before 7.00 am.