Within days of the virtual “tour” of Kenya by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken — in which the first item on Blinken’s agenda was to “build back better [by] creating quality good-paying green jobs” — Kenya announced an $8 billion commitment for “climate change mitigation and adaptation” over the next 10 years, a commitment which translates to Ksh80 billion Kenya shillings (Ksh) per year for the next 10 years. A quick scan of the 2020-2021 budget for the country reveals this to be the second-largest line item in the budget, topped only by their Ksh94.9 billion allocation to university education.