President Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking at the event to mark Unep’s 50th anniversary at its headquarters in Gigiri last week, hailed the foresight of those who established the institution and challenged the youth to take the same approach and ensure that they too make decisions that will be celebrated fifty years later, long after they are gone.
This is the only way, he argued, the youth would be able to help protect and sustain nature. The call for this approach to environmental conservation is attuned to the concept of intergenerational equity, a recognition that sustainability requires action based on a relay, where one generation takes action to protect the environment not just for the present realities but for posterity.
