This past week, Germany experienced its worst floods in 60 years leaving in its wake more than 150 people dead and a trail of destruction.
In Belgium, a similar scenario was witnessed when the two regions received two months' worth of rain in just two days.
This is just one of the manifestations of global warming and climate change.
In Kenya, the rain season, unlike before, is no longer predictable and when the rains come they are either early, late, too little or too much.
Kenya's vegetation cover, an important ingredient in slowing down adverse climatic conditions, is continuously under destruction and conservationist like Joanna Stutchbury who stand on the path of greedy land and timber merchants are killed.
The Mau, Aberdare, Mt Elgon, Kakamega and other natural rain forests have been systematically destroyed over the years leading to the drying up of key water sources.
In urban areas, rivers that once flowed with clean drinking water are now full of industrial, human waste and plastics.
Kenya has the National Climate Change Council, but little is heard of this body that merely exists on paper.
The country also has the Climate Change Act, The National Climate Change Action Plan and The National Climate Change Response Strategy.
But these are useless documents, unless life is breathed into them.
Kenya will not be spared the vagaries of extreme climatic changes unless the government stops talking and implements these well-formulated policies.
Quoting US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin: "Never leave till tomorrow which you can do today."
