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Challenges on Climate Change

Adaptation in Kenya.

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Thematic Overview of Kenya Vision 2030

EconomicTo maintain a sustainable economic growth of 10% p.a over the next 25 years

SocialA just and Cohesive society enjoying equitable social Development in a clean and secure environment

PoliticalAn issue based, people centered, result oriented and accountable Democratic political society

Overarching VisionA globally competitive and

prosperous nation with a high quality of life by 2030

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT• Environmental and social Challenges in Kenya.

• Sustainable management of natural resources– Land, Water, Forests, and diseases

• Increase in population means• Food security for 40 mio. People prone to famine. • Water for households, irrigation and industry• Resource use conflicts and urbanization.

• Obstacles to development in a climate changed reality– Uncoordinated policies– Inadequate coordination between land and water agencies– Insufficient flow of information between stakeholders and

government– Invasive species.

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1. Conservation • Focal Points

– Intensification of sustainable conservation of strategic resources

• Forests,water towers, wildlife and marine ecosystems.

– Achievement of 10% forest cover

Goal for 2012: increase current forest cover by 50%

Strategies;• Rehabilitation of degraded watersheds while promoting

on-farm forestry• Implementation of compensation for environmental

services to include carbon markets • Develop sustainable land use policy• Intensify conservation of coastal,mangrove, and marine

ecosystems

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3. ASALs and High-risk Disaster Zones

• Goals for 2012:– Substantially reduce losses due to floods and

droughts– Establish a system to monitor national trends and

impacts of climate change and desertification– Pilot programmes on climate change and

desertification– Increase agricultural production.

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4. Environmental Planning and Governancea. Focal points:

– Building institutional capacity in environmental Planning

– Improving the impact of environmental governance

b. General Goal: – To integrate planning approaches and improve

overall governance of the environment• Specific goals:

1. Increase coverage of spatial data-land use /land cover 2. Enforce all environmental regulations and standards3. Attract at least 5 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects

per year

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Environmental Planning and governance cont’d

d. Flagship Projects

– Environmental education and awareness

– Waste management programme

– National mapping of pollution sources

– Nairobi rivers basin programme

– Clean Development Mechanisms

– Enforcement of environmental regulation

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Environmental Planning and Governance cont’d

e. Initiatives – Carbon offset schemes– Disaster Preparedness– Capacity for environmental and natural

information management– Use of market-based environmental instruments– Sustainable development indicators/realization– Nairobi river basin initiative– Coastal zone and marine assessment– Farmland and dryland tree planting initiative

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