Kenya

Region: Kenya

Kenya:

Projects
40
Resources
54
Stories
87
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Project : Developing a carbon reduction, resources and opportunities toolkit for Kenya’s flower sector

Kenya’s flower sector contributed over £350 million to the national economy in 2011. The flower sector aims to develop a unified response to climate change through practical and localized accounting and management solutions for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy efficiency and water use.

Feature
12th April 2013
CDKN East Africa Climate Finance Workshop – Executive Summary Here we present the Executive Summary of a CDKN workshop on climate finance in East Africa at the Friendship Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over 25-26 March 2013.
News
28th March 2013
Kenya's National Climate Change Action Plan is officially launched After 18 months of development and an extensive consultation process across sectors of society, Kenya launched its National Climate Change Action Plan yesterday. Tim Ash Vie, CDKN East Africa Hub Lead, reports from Nairobi.
Resource
30th January 2013
INSIDE STORY: Harnessing geothermal energy: The case of Kenya Kenya’s heavy reliance on hydroelectricity production has made the country vulnerable to climate change impacts, such as drought and erratic rainfall patterns. Energy sector reforms in Kenya are beginning to stimulate and fast-track the country’s geothermal industry in line with the country’s vision of climate compatible development.
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Project : iCoast - Understanding the fiscal regulatory mechanisms necessary to achieve climate compatible development in the coastal zone

Coasts are regions of great importance for human well-being and are of national economic importance for coastal states. Coastal ecosystems provide numerous ecosystem services supporting a significant proportion of the world’s population, particularly in developing countries, but are some of the most vulnerable areas to climate change.

Feature
20th December 2012
Kenya – Communicating climate compatible development with the private sector CDKN is seeking a supplier to use Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan as a basis for communicating key climate change messages to the Kenyan private sector.
Feature
19th December 2012
Forecasts benefit farmers at risk from weather extremes Richard Ewbank, Climate Advisor to Christian Aid, reports on an initiative in Kenya that is helping farmers finely tune their cropping decisions to seasonal weather variations
Feature
6th December 2012
Kenya takes a big step forward on climate action Kenya is launching a Climate Change Action Plan that will place climate change at the centre of the country's development. Helen Baker reports on the strides Kenya has made in meeting the climate change challenge, and introduces a short film where stakeholders share their hopes for what the Action Plan will achieve for Kenya and her citizens.
Feature
30th November 2012
Planning for climate compatible development What do Kenya, Pakistan and Peru have in common? At first glance, the countries appear very different - but at a learning event convened by CDKN at UNFCCC CoP18 in Doha, it was revealed that they share remarkably similar goals and challenges around integrating climate change and development.
News
25th November 2012
Communities need greater support to cope with loss and damage from climate shifts CDKN’s Kashmala Kakakhel reports from CoP 18 in Doha on five new case studies that show how climate change is affecting communities’ lives in Kenya, the Gambia, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Micronesia.
Feature
28th October 2012
Why we need farming and forests in our cities In the wake of the catastrophic damage inflicted on cities by Hurricane Sandy and other recent extreme weather events, Ir. Henk de Zeeuw, Senior Advisor, International Network of Resource centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security (RUAF Foundation) calls for increased urban forestry and agriculture to increase cities’ resilience to climate change.
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Project : GLOBE Climate Legislators Initiative - Phase 1

The GLOBE Climate Legislators (GCLI) is dedicated to advancing the legislative response to climate change in 33 key countries and by doing so to help create the political conditions for success in the UNFCCC negotiations under the Durban Platform.