Kenya

Region: Kenya

Kenya:

Projects
40
Resources
54
Stories
86
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29th June 2025
Technical briefs: Building water resilience in Kenya These five technical briefs outline the key findings and recommendations derived from a comprehensive functionality and governance study that assessed public good climate investments in water infrastructure implemented through the County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) mechanism across five counties in Kenya.
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29th June 2025
Hope, action, and resilience: The future of Nairobi’s informal settlements in the hands of young leaders What do 30 young leaders from Muungano wa Wanavijiji, representing different informal settlements in Nairobi, envision for their communities, and how do they plan to get there? This blog co-authored by Sarah Ouma, Kevin Stanley Mburu, Lucia Scodanibbio, Christine Wambui, Jacob Omondi, Zizipho Royi, explores the inspiring visions these young people shared at a recent knowledge brokering workshop, highlighting their commitment to driving change.
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15th January 2025
Enabling the success of locally-led water investments in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid counties The County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) mechanism in Kenya enabled the implementation of 114 locally-led water investments to strengthen communities’ resilience to climate change. This policy brief looks at the factors and recommendations that enhance the sustainability of locally-led investments across their lifespans.
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Mobilising locally-led action for restoration and governance in Mount Marsabit, Kenya

This knowledge-to-action (K2A) project seeks to transform the Marsabit forest ecosystem for Indigenous communities to actively be involved in the planning, management and monitoring of their landscape.

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17th May 2024
Africa is painted grey: Building Africa’s evidence base of readily available data Guy Rudolph from CDKN and Charles Tonui from ARIN discuss the importance of gathering locally-relevant data and using it to inform national, regional and even global processes. With adequate data, local organisations can produce the evidence required to justify funding from global climate finance organisations, and begin accurately painting the continent.
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Building water resilience in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid land areas

This project aims to inform inclusion and meaningful participation of communities and collaboration with key stakeholders in decision-making, implementation and management of locally-led water investments, to ensure their efficacy and sustainability.

News
13th March 2024
From knowledge to climate-resilient action - five African organisations selected for CDKN grants As part of its commitment to turning climate knowledge into climate-resilient action, CDKN is providing Knowledge-to-Action (K2A) grants in Africa. After putting out an open call for locally-led adaptation initiatives last year, five K2A projects were chosen from an extremely competitive pool of over 1000 applicants. The selected K2A projects are in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique and South Sudan.
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20th February 2024
Kenyan inventor’s eco-friendly product feeds dairy goat economy In Kisumu County, Kenya, innovator Joe Ouko develops eco-friendly goat feed, boosting the dairy goat economy. Ouko's locally-led initiative showcases the integration of traditional wisdom and modern science in climate-resilient agriculture. This story is part of a series celebrating the locally-led solutions supported by the UNDP implemented - Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator programme.
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2nd March 2023
The role of climate-smart agriculture enterprises in women's empowerment Women in agriculture are often disproportionately affected by climate change and structural gender inequalities. Under the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World (GLOW) programme, experts from Intellecap share progress in reorienting the private sector to women's empowerment in climate-smart agricultural solutions in East Africa.​​​​​​​
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14th November 2022
Enhancing green bond issuances in developing economies This guide shares lessons from early experience in launching green bond markets in emerging markets and developing economies. The authors investigated countries that have been successful in developing green bond markets at all levels of market readiness, considering capital market development, the enabling policy and regulatory environment, and investor appetite for this new asset class.
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1st September 2022
Climate risk information for financial sector decision-makers in Africa: Gaps and opportunities This working paper discusses the role of financial sector policy in relation to addressing gaps in climate risk information in the private finance sector, with a specific focus on Africa.
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20th January 2022
Finance for Resilience: What are green bonds and how to encourage their growth in developing markets The fourth episode of the Finance for Resilience podcast unpacks the topic of green bonds and how to encourage their growth in developing markets.