Kenya

Region: Kenya

Kenya:

Projects
40
Resources
54
Stories
86
Feature
27th April 2016
After Paris: Developing countries look first to their own resources to deliver agreement  How are developing countries responding to the high ambitions in the Paris climate agreement? CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar report on the diverse perspectives among countries where CDKN is supporting national climate plans and their delivery: includes insights from India, Ethiopia and more.
News
4th April 2016
New initiative will assist African governments to model, design and deliver low emission development New Africa LEDS Planning, Modeling, and Implementation Initiative will strengthen the capacity of African countries to plan and implement low emission, climate resilient development.
Feature
27th March 2016
After Paris - “Going from intended to implemented, that is the question” says Margaret Kamau, Kenya Kenya aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 relative to Business As Usual. Margaret Kamau, CDKN's Country Engagement and Project Manager talks to Miren Gutiérrez about what this target means for her country.
News
28th January 2016
Call for applications - Kenya Climate Innovation Prize Enter a climate innovation competition sponsored by the UK's Department for International Development to make climate information more useful for Kenya's low income communities. The deadline for entries is 7 February 2016.
Feature
15th January 2016
The politics of integrated planning for water, energy and food in Kenya Making decisions over water, energy and food issues in a changing climate can open opportunities for integrated thinking – and raise tensions among different interest groups. How does it work in Kenya? Barbara Schreiner of Pegasys presents initial results from her team's research.
Feature
8th December 2015
Vulnerable countries' concerns come to the fore It was a mixed first week at COP21: negotiations were tense and slow-moving and this challenged the positive mood generated by notable financial pledges and Heads of States' visit to Paris to open the summit. Amid all this activity, CDKN’s Sam Unsworth takes stock, unpacks some of the action on the side lines and explains why there’s still cause to be cautiously optimistic that a robust and ambitious deal may be reached.
Event
7th December 2015
Today at COP21- Strategic partnerships for climate action in Kenya Kenya is on a pathway towards climate resilient low-carbon development, and continues to take steps to implement actions that promote equitable and sustainable growth, in line with its national development agenda. This interactive event aims to highlight the role of strategic partnerships in achieving Kenya’s successes in implementing key climate change actions.
Feature
13th November 2015
Adaptation action key to Kenya’s INDC As the international climate negotiations at COP 21 fast approach, Stephen King'uyu, Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan coordinator, looks back at Kenya’s pledge and how adaptation actions will complement the country’s development programme.
Feature
12th August 2015
The Adaptation Fund's accreditation process - lessons from Kenya In this video interview, Wangare Kiruma of Kenya's National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) explains how the agency became accredited to receive monies from the Adaptation Fund and how the process made NEMA more responsive and relevant.
Feature
3rd July 2015
Food waste a contributor to global emissions Studies have revealed that food waste is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. CDKN supported journalist Patrick Mayoyo finds out why Kenya is home to both a food wastage and shortage.
News
19th June 2015
Africa Sustainability Hub will promote low-carbon opportunities David Ockwell of the STEPS Centre introduces a new research hub that will support and catalyse the pursuit of low-carbon development in Africa.
Completed
Project
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Project : Enhancing institutional arrangements for integrated water, energy and food security in Kenya

This research is examining the current institutional arrangements and challenges regarding integrated water-energy-food planning and decision making in Kenya, within the context of the new Constitution and the tensions regarding powers and functions between national and county level government.