The gap between what the mining company paid and what households deserve stems from different methods of measuring the value of loss and damage. By modelling the continued losses of income from lost cattle, sheep, goats and maize, using herd size projections and predicted future maize prices (to 2028), we estimate the compensation owed to reach at least R157 million by 2038 https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/news/407809/the-hidden-cost-of-coal-mining-why-communities-are-losing-far-more-than-they-are-paid?amp=1 #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #pollution #ecology #environment #climate