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Abbreviations ......................................................................... vi

Acknowledgements .............................................................. viii

1: Introduction ......................................................................... 1

2: Review of Implementation of NCCAP Actions .................... 2

2.1 Mitigation Actions ................................................................. 3

2.2 Enabling Actions ................................................................... 3

3: Learning for Updating the NCCAP ....................................... 6

4: Mitigation Actions ................................................................ 8

MITI 1: Restoration of forests on degraded lands ..................... 9

MITI 2: Geothermal ................................................................... 10

MITI 3: Reforestation of degraded forests ............................... 11

MITI 5: Agroforestry .................................................................. 13

MITI 6: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with Light Rail Transit (LRT) corridors .......................... 14

MITI 7: Development of greenhouse gas inventory ................ 15

MITI 8: Capacity building for measuring, reporting on and monitoring forestry emissions and sinks ............. 16

MITI 9: Mainstreaming of low-carbon development opportunities into planning process ............................ 17

Mitigation: Other low carbon actions to reduce GHG emissions .............................................................. 18

5: Climate Finance ................................................................ 20

FINA 1: Establish Kenya National Climate Fund ..................... 21

FINA 2: Prioritize climate change funding in the budget ........ 22

FINA 3: Harmonize Government of Kenya and development partner funding requirements .............. 23

FINA 4: Accelerate negotiations with countries to overcome lack of carbon market access for Kenya .... 24

FINA 5: Enhance the capacity of the designated national authority ........................................................ 24

FINA 6: Determine the appropriate home for and establish a unit that develops and promotes projects responsible for generating carbon credits .................. 25

FINA 7: Support for a series of ongoing actions to improve the policy and regulatory framework for low-carbon investment 25

FINA 8: Establish a regular platform for engagement and dialogue between the Government of Kenya and investors .. 26

FINA 9: Support the planned creation of a one-stop shop to expedite process of acquiring renewable energy permits and licenses .................................................... 26

6: Enabling Policy & Regulatory Framework ........................ 28

EPRF 1: Consult on and adopt the draft climate change policy ............................................................................ 29

EPRF 2: Enact an overarching framework climate change law .................................................................. 30

EPRF 3: Amend key sectoral laws consistent with priority actions identified in the NCCAP through a miscellaneous amendments bill ............................................. 31

EPRF 4: Establish a high-level national climate change council .......................................................................... 31

EPRF 5: Establish a climate change secretariat within the ministry responsible for climate change affairs ............... 32

7: Knowledge Management & Capacity Development ........ 34

KMCD 1: Development and maintenance of a robust and up-to-date climate change knowledge management system ................................................................ 35

KMCD 2: Establish a physical climate change resource centre ......................................................................... 35

KMCD 3: Address capacity gaps required to implement NCCAP in agencies coordinating and leading climate change effort ............................................................... 36

KMCD 4: Provide capacity development support to actors at national and county level ......................................... 36

KMCD 5: Establishment of an effective social mobilization framework ........................................................... 37

KMCD 6: Integration of climate change into Kenya’s education system ..................................................................... 37

8: National Performance & Benefit Measurement ............... 38

NPBM 1: Establish MRV+ system governance structure ......... 39

NPBM 2: Climate change relevant data tracking and mapping ............................................................................ 39

NPBM 1: Establish MRV+ system governance structure ......... 40

NPBM 2: Climate change relevant data tracking and mapping ............................................................................ 40

NPBM 3: Indicators and baselines ........................................... 41

NPBM 4: Institutional capacity strengthening and staff capacity building .............................................................. 41

NPBM 5: GHG inventory, biennial update reports and national communications ........................................................ 42

NPBM 6: Monitoring and evaluation of adaptive capacity indicators ................................................................... 42

NPBM 7: Monitoring and evaluation of vulnerability indicators in selected county ................................................... 43

NPBM 8: Effectiveness assessment of adaptation at county level .............................................................................. 43

NPBM 9: Climate change relevant data repository ................. 44

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A B B R E V I A T I O N S

AFD Agence Française de Développement (French development agency)

AfDB African Development Bank

BRT Bus rapid transit

BUR Biennial Update Report

CCD Climate Change Directorate

CDKN Climate and Development Knowledge Network

CDM Clean Development Mechanism

CFL Compact fluorescent light

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIDP County Integrated Development Plan

COG Council of Governors

DFID Department for International Development (United Kingdom)

DNA Designated National Authority

DRSRS Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing

EnDev Energising Development

EPRF Enabling policy and regulatory framework

ERC Energy Regulatory Commission

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FINA (Climate) Finance

GACC Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

GCF Green Climate Fund

GDC Geothermal Development Corporation

GDP Gross domestic product

GEF Global Environment Fund

GHG Greenhouse gas

GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur International Zusammernarbeit (German development agency)

ha Hectare

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFMIS Integrated Financial Management Information System

ILRI International Livestock Research Institute

JICA Japanese International Cooperation Agency

KAM Kenya Association of Manufacturers

KARI Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KCEP- Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme-CRAL Climate Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Window

KCIC Kenya Climate Innovation Centre

KEBS Kenya Bureau of Standards

KEFRI Kenya Forestry Research Institute

KEREA Kenya Renewable Energy Association

KEPSA Kenya Private Sector Alliance

KFS Kenya Forest Service

KfW German Development Bank

KIRDI Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute

KMCD Knowledge management and capacity development

KMD Kenya Meteorological Department

KRA Kenya Revenue Authority

KWS Kenya Wildlife Service

KURA Kenya Urban Roads Authority

LECRD Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development

LEDS Low Emission Development Strategies

LRT Light rail transit

LPG Liquefied petroleum gas

LULUCF Land use, land-use change and forestry

M&E Monitoring and evaluation

MALF Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

MDA Ministries, departments and agencies

MENR Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

MITI Mitigation

MODP Ministry of Devolution and Planning

MOEP Ministry of Energy and Petroleum

MOTI Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development

MRT Mass rapid transit

MRV Measurement, reporting and verification

MtCO2e Million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent

MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework

MTP Medium Term Plan (of Vision 2030)

MW Megawatt

NAMA Nationally appropriate mitigation action

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NaMATA Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority

NAP National Adaptation Plan, 2015-2030

NCCAP National Climate Change Action Plan, 2013-2017

NCCRC National Climate Change Resource Centre

NCCRS National Climate Change Response Strategy

NDA National Designated Authority

NDC Nationally Determined Contribution

NDMA National Drought Management Authority

NEMA National Environment Management Authority

NIE National Implementing Entity

NIMES National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System

PBMF Performance and benefit measurement framework

PoA Programme of Activities

PV Photovoltaic

REA Rural Electrification Authority

REDD+ Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks

SDG Sustainable Development Goal

SLEEK System for Land-Based Emissions Estimation in Kenya

SNC Second National Communication

StARCK+ Strengthening Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in Kenya Plus

TAMD Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development

UN United Nations

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USAID United States Agency for International Development

VAT Value added tax

WRMA Water Resource Management Authority

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A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S

The Principal Secretary, State Department of Environment, and

officials from the National Climate Change Directorate, Ministry

of Environment and Natural Resources provided guidance and

leadership that enabled the development of this report.

The authors would like to thank officials from the National Climate

Change Directorate and the Ministry of Environment and Natural

Resources for their input and contributions to this report.

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Kenya launched its first National Climate Change Action Plan

(NCCAP) in March 2013. The 2013-2017 action plan set out how

the Government of Kenya would operationalize its 2010 National

Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS). The Strategy was

Kenya’s first climate change agenda guide and it provided a basis

for strengthening and focusing nationwide action towards climate

change adaptation and mitigation.

The Government of Kenya has made substantial headway

in implementing its first NCCAP. Progress has been made on

mitigation and adaptation actions, both of which help Kenya

deliver on international obligations under the United Nations

Framework Agreement on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This

progress has been facilitated by enabling actions in the areas of

climate finance, knowledge management, legislation and policy,

and performance measurement.

A key accomplishment was the enactment of the Climate Change

Act in May 2016. The law provides a regulatory framework for

an enhanced response to climate change, and promotes a

mainstreaming approve to enhance action toward a low carbon

climate resilient development pathway. Section 13 of the Act

indicates that the Climate Change Directorate (CCD) shall

undertake a biennial review of the implementation of the National

Climate Change Action Plan. Section 13(8) states that the “Cabinet

Secretary shall, in every five-year period, review and update the

National Climate Change Action Plan.”

This report reviews progress on the implementation of the 38

priority actions set out in the Action Sheets of the NCCAP, 2013-

2017 (see pages 160-229), in accordance with the obligations of

the Climate Change Act. This review of NCCAP implementation

assists in tracking progress toward long-term goals, and provides

insights and learning for the updating of the NCCAP, which is

required by the Act.

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The NCCAP identified 38 priority actions in the five components

listed in Table 1. The NCCAP included actions sheets, describing

actions to take place in the five-year period of the NCCAP from

2013 to 2017. Adaptation is not included in this list because

priority adaptation actions were elaborated in the National

Adaptation Plan, 2015-2016 (NAP) and will be reviewed under a

separate process.

Sections 4 to 8 of this report provide an update on the

implementation of the various actions. The information set out in

tables, and includes:

• Action summary

• Sector

• Status description

• Lead agency

• Partner agencies

• Stakeholders

• Development partners

2 . 1 M I t I G A t I o n A c t I o n S

Substantial progress has been made on implementation of

mitigation actions. Progress is being made toward the long-

term 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals, with

actions being implemented in the six priority mitigation areas.

Data collection is not yet at a point that enables calculation of the

emission reductions through the six priority mitigation actions.

Progress toward the long-term mitigation goals is described in

Section 4.0 of this report.

All short-term/quick win actions in the mitigation sector are in

progress or complete. These actions were to take place in the

five-year period from 2013 to 2017, and were designed as critical

initial steps to kick-start the process of emission reductions.

Many of the short-term actions were the development of funding

proposals for funding through UNFCCC mechanisms, such as

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) or REDD+

(Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation

plus the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests

and enhancement of forest carbon stocks). Progress on short-term

actions is summarized in Table 2 and detailed in Chapter 4.

Progress is also being made to implement many of the other 24

mitigation actions with emissions reduction potential identified

in the NCCAP (see p.18 of this report for a review of progress on

these other mitigation actions).

Achievement of these short-term actions and progress on the

long-term mitigation actions helps Kenya meet domestic goals

set out in the Climate Change Act, and move toward its Nationally

Determined Contribution (NDC) mitigation goals submitted under

the Paris Agreement of the UNFCCC.

2 . 2 E n A B L I n G A c t I o n S

Many actions in in the NCCAP are considered enabling actions in

that they provide the foundation for effective progress toward

mitigation and adaptation goals. The 29 enabling actions are

listed in Table 3, and include actions to improve:

• Kenya’s ability to attract climate finance

• Climate change governance structure

• Knowledge management/capacity development approach

• Measurement, monitoring and reporting on climate

change actions

Three of these actions are fully complete: climate change

legislation, climate change secretariat, and climate change

resource centre. Nineteen actions are in progress, and many

of these actions will continue over the 2018-2023 time period.

This represents good progress as many of these actions will take

several years to implement.

Seven actions have not progressed. Six of these actions are

under the National Performance and Benefit Measurement

subcomponent, suggesting that the actions may have been too

ambitious or required foundational actions. The proposed MRV+

system requires a staff of 90 for effective implementation, which

may not have been realistic given the level of human and financial

resources, and the number of areas requiring action.

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Table 1: NCCAP Subcomponents with Priority Actions in NCCAP

component abbreviation and annex pages in nccap

Mitigation (low carbon options) MITI – Annex 2 160-177

Climate finance FINA – Annex 3 178-193

Enabling policy and regulatory framework EPRF – Annex 4 194-201

Knowledge management and capacity development KMCD – Annex 5 202-211

Performance and benefit measurement framework PBMF – Annex 6 212-229

Table 2: Mitigation Actions

mitigation long-term priority actions

short-term/ quick-win actions

status of short-term action

update on action

MITI 1: Rehabilitation of forests on degraded lands

Development of proposal for funding REDD+ actions

In progress REDD+ readiness funding putting in place critical elements for REDD+ implementation

MITI 2: Geothermal Development of NAMA proposal and submission to UNFCCC

Complete NAMA proposal developed and submitted to the UNFCCC in 2015

MITI 3: Restoration of degraded forests

Development of NAMA proposal and submission to UNFCCC

In progress Funding proposal for Green Schools Programme (emphasizes tree planting)

MITI 4: Improved cookstoves

Development of NAMA proposal and submission to UNFCCC

In progress Clean energy NAMA developed

MITI 5: Agroforestry Development and submission of funding proposal

In progress Agricultural NAMA under development that will include agroforestry

MITI 6: Mass Rapid Transit Development of NAMA proposal and submission to UNFCCC

Complete NAMA approved by International NAMA Facility for EUR 20 million in 2015

MITI 7: GHG Inventory – Complete Second National Communication with updated GHG inventory submitted to UNFCCC in December 2015

MITI 8: Measurement of forestry emissions and sinks

– In progress Support received to develop forestry inventory, forest reference level, etc.; and to establish System for Land-based Emissions Estimation in Kenya (SLEEK)

MITI 9: Mainstreaming climate change in sectors

– In progress Climate change indicators included in handbook of national reporting for the Second Medium Term Plan (MTP2).

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Table 3: Status of Enabling Actions

area action status

climate finance FINA 1: National climate fund In Progress

FINA 2: Climate change budget code In Progress

FINA 3: Harmonize Government and Development partner requirements In Progress

FINA 4: Negotiations to overcome lack of access to carbon market In Progress

FINA 5: Enhance capacity of Designated National Authority (DNA) In Progress

FINA 6: Unit to promote generation of carbon credits In Progress

FINA 7: Improve policy and regulatory environment for low-carbon investment In Progress

FINA 8: Government of Kenya and investor platform for engagement In Progress

FINA 9: One-stop shop for renewable energy permits and information In Progress

enabling policy & regulatory framework

EPRF 1: Climate change policy In Progress

EPRF 2: Climate change law Complete

EPRF 3: Miscellaneous amendments bill In Progress

EPRF 4: Climate change council In Progress

EPRF 5: Climate change secretariat Complete

knowledge management & capacity development

KMCD 1: Climate change knowledge management system In Progress

KMCD 2: Physical climate change resource centre Complete

KMCD 3: Analysis of capacity gaps and capacity building plan No Action

KMCD 4: Capacity building support In Progress

KMCD 5: Social mobilization framework In Progress

KMCD 6: Integration of climate change in education system In Progress

national performance & benefit measurement

NPBM 1: Establish Monitoring, reporting and verification plus (MRV+) governance structure

No Action

NPBM 2: Climate change data tracking and mapping In Progress

NPBM 3: Indicators and baselines No Action

NPBM 4: Capacity building for national and county governments In Progress

NPBM 5: GHG inventory, Biennial Update Report and National Communication In Progress

NPBM 6: Monitoring and Evaluation of adaptive capacity indicators No Action

NPBM 7: Monitoring and Evaluation of vulnerability indicators at county level No Action

NPBM 8: Effectiveness assessment of adaptation at county level No Action

NPBM 9: Climate change data repository No Action

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The review provides lessons for the updating of the NCCAP for the

period 2018 to 2023. Main lessons are described below:

Focus on mitigation and adaptation actions The NCCAP should focus on mitigation and adaptation actions,

with other actions included as enabling to achieve these goals.

Focus on domestic priorities

Mechanisms and programmes change under the UNFCCC.

Examples are the shift from a focus on NAMAs in 2013 to NDCs

in 2017; and the expected shift from the Clean Development

Mechanism (CDM) to a sustainable development mechanism

under the Paris Agreement. The NCCAP should focus on delivery of

domestic priorities as set out in the Climate Change Act and draft

national climate change framework policy – which will enable

delivery on international contributions.

Maintain the 2013-2017 priority mitigation actions in the updated NCCAP for 2018-2023 The mitigation priorities remain relevant, as verified in the

NDC/NCCAP sector expert meetings held in 2016 and 2017. The

priority list from 2013-2017, which includes six mitigation actions

representing 75 per cent of the emissions reduction potential,

might be expanded to include renewable energy and the shift of

freight from road to rail to give these actions greater prominence.

Include emission reduction targets for the priority mitigation actions for the five-year period The updated NCCAP should include emissions reductions targets

for the priority actions for the five-year period from 2018 to 2023.

Analysis and research is needed to clearly show what is needed to

achieve the projected baseline – and to exceed the baseline and

meet the emissions reduction target. This should include both

the technical potential set out in the NCCAP, and the NDC target

that is half the technical potential. This will require an emphasis

on the development and compilation of appropriate data and

information for measurement of GHG emissions.

Output-oriented actions Priority actions should be output oriented, and process indicators

should be included for the priority actions. For example, the

mitigation action of a shift of freight from road to rail assumes

that 30 per cent of freight will be moved by rail and emission

reductions are based on this shift. Analysis could be undertaken to

track the amount of freight shifted from road to rail, and emissions

reductions associated with that shift.

Sectors Actions could be classified across various sector groupings to

facilitate reporting for different audiences. Classifying climate

change actions under Medium Term Expenditure Framework

(MTEF) sectors can contribute to the tracking of climate finance

flows, and classifying by MTP sectors can help track the economic

and social development impacts of climate actions. Classifying by

UNFCCC mitigation sectors assists with for international reporting,

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MITI 1: Restoration of forests on degraded lands

Title Restoration of forests on degraded lands

Action Type Mitigation, Enabling

Sector Environment, water and sanitation

Action Summary

Long term: Restore forests on 960,000 hectares of degraded lands by 2030 to abate 32.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).

Short term: Development and submission of proposal for REDD+ activities to restore forests on degraded lands

Status In progress

Lead Agency National REDD Coordination Office within KFS

Partner Agency

MENR provides assistance to present funding proposals to the UNFCCC. The Water Towers project is implemented by several agencies, including KFS, MENR, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS), Kenya Water Towers Agency, CCD and County Governments (Bungoma, Busia, Elegeyo Marakwet, Kakamega, Kisumu, Nandi, Tranzoia, Uasin Gishu, Vihiga, West Pokot).

Stakeholders KFS engages the REDD+ Steering Committee, community forests associations, forestland owners, pastoralists and local communities.

long term: in progress

Despite good progress to restore forests on degraded lands, it is not possible to determine progress toward the long-term emissions reduction goal because of lack of data. REDD+ readiness work will provide information and data that will enable measurement of progress toward the NCCAP long-term mitigation goal for restoration of forests on degraded lands.

The Government reported forest cover of 7.1% in 2015/16, with 688,415 ha of natural rehabilitated and protected forests (due to increased awareness creation and national participation in the participatory forest management initiatives), and 1.7 million ha of forest protected (due to gazetttement). 6,886 ha of forest plantations were established in 2015/16. The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) reports 10,000 ha of forest rehabilitated in 2014/15 and 500 ha of water towers rehabilitated in 2014/15.

Initiatives underway to restore forests on degraded lands include:

• Water Tower Protection & Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (2016-2022);

• Green Zones Development Support Project promoted the rehabilitation of degraded forest areas and improved conservation (2006-2014);

• Miti Mingi Maisha Bora Project improved forest management and governance (2009-2015);

• Strengthening the Protected Area Network within the Eastern Montagne Forest Hotspot;

• Private initiatives (e.g. Northern Rangelands Trust, Mt. Kenya Trust)

short term: in progress

Kenya is in the process of putting in place the critical elements for implementing REDD+, which includes a Roadmap for a National Forest Monitoring System, and Forest Reference Level. The National Landscape Restoration Mapping project identified forest landscape restoration opportunities and REDD+ priority areas. KFS has undertaken policy, legislative and institutional changes in line with the REDD+ Readiness Preparation Proposal.

National REDD Readiness activities include studies and analyses:

• Forest Governance, REDD+ and Sustainable Development• Draft Strategic Environmental & Social Assessment Roadmap for

REDD+• Charcoal Value Chain Analysis• Analytical Study on Corruption Risk Assessment for REDD+• Analytical Study on Carbon Rights and Benefit Sharing for

REDD+• Analysis of Demand and Supply of Wood Products• Analysis of Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation• Analytical studies underway on REDD+ governance and

institutional framework, illegal timber trade

Funding has supported readiness activities; implementation of actions leading to results-based payments has not begun.

development partners

The Water Towers project is supported by the EU. GIZ supported water tower rehabilitation, Government of Finland supported the Miti Mingi Maisha Bora project, and the protected area network programme was supported by GEF and managed by UNDP. REDD+ readiness activities are supported by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, United Nations Forum on REDD+, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Clinton Climate Initiative.

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MITI 2: Geothermal

Title Geothermal


Sector Physical Infrastructure, Energy

Action Summary

Long term: Develop an additional 2,275 MW of geothermal capacity by 2030 to abate 14.1 MtCO2e by 2030 (in addition to the 2,734 MW of geothermal capacity in 2030 assumed in the baseline).

Short term: Prepare a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) proposal for a geothermal support programme and submit to UNFCCC.

Status Long term: In progress, Short term: Complete

Lead Agency MOEP

Partner Agency

MENR provides assistance to present funding proposals to the UNFCCC. Treasury provides assistance to present funding proposal to GCF.

Stakeholders KenGen, GDC, Kenya Power, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), independent power producers and others.


Total installed geothermal capacity as of July 2015 was 573 MW, an increase of about 323 MW from Kenya Power’s reported 250 MW of geothermal power generation in June 2013 (as noted in the geothermal NAMA proposal). This figure is lower than the NCCAP projected baseline of installed capacity of 791 MW in 2015. The government will meet the projected baseline target for 2017 if the Menengai field is commissioned.

Emissions reductions are considered for installed capacity additional to the NCCAP baseline; as such geothermal development did not contribute to emission reductions in 2016. The NCCAP assumed that emission reductions in the sector would occur after 2015.

KenGen’s installed geothermal capacity increased from 152.5 MW prior to 2013 to 497.8 MW at the end of 2015. KenGen, with support of funders, aims to increase geothermal capacity by more than 400 MW in the next two to four years: Olkaria V (two geothermal power plants of 79 MW each), Olkaria I (70 MW), Olkaria IV (70 MW) and Menengai (400 MW).

A geothermal Clean Development Mechanism Programme of Activities (CDM PoA) was registered with the UNFCCC in November 2016.The MPG Geothermal Energy PoA was submitted by the Marine Power Generation Company Limited for the Akiira I 35 MW geothermal project that will reduce GHG emissions by 142,999 metric tonnes of CO2e per year, and has a duration of 2013 to 2041.

short term: complete

Geothermal NAMA – MENR and Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MOEP) developed a detailed NAMA proposal for a geothermal support program. Consistent with the next steps set in the NCCAP, the proposal examined barriers and gaps and proposed actions to promote private sector investment. The proposal was submitted to the International NAMA Facility in 2014 but was not approved for funding.

The National Treasury worked with the MENR to revise the information into a project prospectus. The information will inform the development of geothermal proposal to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), developed in cooperation with the Geothermal Development Corporation (GDC) and MOEP.


Long term: KenGen estimates that building 5,000 MW of geothermal capacity by 2030 will cost about US$ 18 billion. The Government has committed domestic budgetary allocations to geothermal development, and relied on loan and financing from international agencies. For example, KenGen reported that the financing breakdown for the total US$ 1,065 million for the Olkaria I and IV 280 MW geothermal project consisted of:

• Government of Kenya – US$ 316 million• KenGen – US$ 103 million• World Bank – US$ 120 million (loan)• JICA – US$ 201 million (ODA loan)• KfW (German Development Bank) – US$ 99 million

(loan/debt financing)• European Investment Bank – US$ 108 million (loan)• AFD – US$ 188 million (loan)

African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing a loan for the Menengai geothermal steam field.

Short term: Support for the NAMA development was provided by the Government of Germany. Support to revise the document to a geothermal project prospectus was provided by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).

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MITI 3: Reforestation of degraded forests

Title Reforestation of degraded forests

Action Type Mitigation, enabling

Sector Environment, water and sanitation, forestry

Action Summary

Long term: Reforest 240,000 hectares of degraded forests by 2030 to abate 6.06 MtCO2e

Short term: Develop and submit NAMA proposal on reforestation

Status Long term: In progress; Short term: In progress

Lead Agency KFS

Partner Agency

The MENR provides assistance to present proposals to funders.

Stakeholders KEFRI, community forest associations, county governments, forest communities and civil society.

long-term: in progress

It is not possible to determine progress toward the long-term emissions reduction goal because of a lack of data. The REDD+ readiness work will provide information and data that will enable measurement of progress toward the NCCAP long-term mitigation goal for reforestation of degraded forests.

The Government reported a forest cover of 7.1% in 2015/16, with 688,415 ha of natural rehabilitated and protected forests (due to increased awareness creation and national participation in the participatory forest management initiatives). 6,886 ha of forest plantations were established in 2015/16.

Several reforestation/afforestation initiatives are underway:

• Green Schools Programme launched by his Excellency the President in 2013, aims at plant three million seedlings per year at public schools. 160,000 seedlings were planted in 2015.

• KFS strategy to increase forest cover includes various models, such as farm forestry field schools, production and planting of tree seedlings, national tree planting campaign, promotion of commercial tree and bamboo growing, and others.

• KFS National Tree Planting, 2016, included planting tree seedlings in indigenous forests, community lands, farmlands and in forest plantation areas.

• CDM projects include reforestation projects in the Mau and Aberdare forest complexes, and small-scale reforestation initiatives in Kamae-Kipipiri, Kirimara-Kithithina and Kibaranyeki.

• Laikipia County plans to plant 10 million trees a year, a total of 40 million trees over a four-year period. According to KFS, restoration of 5.1 million hectares of forests in the Country is underway.

• Greenbelt Movement planted 438,129 trees in 2014.• KenGen and Bamburi Cement’s Green Initiative Challenge

targets planting a total of 460 acres with 324,300 tree seedlings and 113,956 fruit seedlings.

• Mau Reforestation Project aimed to reforest 1,000 ha with 1 million trees over a four-year period (2011-2015).

short-term: in progress

KFS has developed a funding proposal for the Green Schools Programme.


The Mau reforestation project was supported by the Governments of Netherlands, Norway and Untied States. The Greenbelt Movement is supported by various funders including UNDP/GEF, Clinton Climate Initiative and Government of Germany. The CDM projects were supported through the World Bank’s Biocarbon Fund with carbon credits to be received by the Governments of France, Italy, Japan, Spain and Luxembourg. The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the Strengthening Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in Kenya Plus (StARCK+) Programme, which is funded by the Government of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) provided support to the Presidential launch of the Green Schools Initiative in 2013, and for the demonstration school in Michinde, Nyandarua County.

Forester, issue No. 20: October – December 2016.

KenGen and Baburi Cement (2017), The Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge

Enters Phase III, The Nation, pp. 24-25.

http://meas.nema.go.ke/cdm/cdm-projects-in-kenya/

http://www.treasury.go.ke/downloads/Publicsector/Environment%20

Protection,%20Water%20and%20Natural%20Resources.pdf, page 8.


MITI 4: Improved cookstoves

Title Improved Cookstoves and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Cookstoves


Sector Energy, Agriculture and Rural Development; Environment Water and Sanitation; Tourism, Trade and Industry

Action Summary

Long term: Programme to support the use of improved cookstoves and of LPG cookstoves to abate 7.3 MtCO2e by 2030

Short term: Development of a NAMA proposal for a support programme submitted to UNFCCC

Status Long term: In progress; Short term: Complete

Lead Agency MOEP leads the work on clean cookstoves.

Partner Agency

The MENR provides assistance to present funding proposals to the UNFCCC; and National Treasury provides assistance to present funding proposals to the GCF.

Stakeholders GACC, EnDev, KCIC, Burn Manufacturing, EcoZoom, ClimateCare, GVEP, KIRDI, Practical Action and others


It is not possible to determine progress toward the emissions reduction target because of need to collect and aggregate data on various programmes. The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC) reports that GACC, ERC and the World Bank plan to undertake surveys in 2017 that will improve data on: number, type and efficiency of improved cookstoves at the household level; number/uptake of improved cookstoves in institutions (e.g., schools, prisons); and GHG emission reductions through improved cookstoves.

A 2013 study on LPG estimated that 5-7% of the population used LPG as a primary fuel, with the greater Nairobi areas accounting for 60% of the market. The rate could be increased to 18% nationally by 2020 with aggressive investments and interventions.

Examples of actions to promote improved cookstoves:

• EnDev installed more that 1.45 million improved cookstoves and installed 57,000 solar products by June 2014.

• Improved Cookstoves Programme (2015-2017) benefited 2,500 households through the provision of gasifier stoves.

• ClimateCare distributed 7,267 improved charcoal cookstoves to flower farm employees and 3,862 ethanol stoves to residents of Kibera through a revolving loan facility. 38,114 tonnes of CO2e have been reduced through the 2013-2016 initiative.

• Energy 4 Impact (formerly GVEP International) is distributing improved cookstoves and providing capacity building to cookstove entrepreneurs to improve their technical, business and marketing skills, and establish a seed fund for producers to invest in expansion activities.

• Burn Manufacturing has established a factory for the local manufacture of the Jiko Koa and distribution centres.

• EcoZoom has established distribution centres for improved

cookstoves.• Cookstove testing facilities have been established at

academic institutions such as the University of Nairobi through partnerships with global players such as Berkeley and Aprovecho. GIZ is developing a new facility with Kenya Industrial Research Institute (KIRDI).

• GACC has established a strengthened cookstoves value chain through the project, Fostering an Enabling Environment Intervention Options and Enhancing Demand and Strengthening Supply Intervention Options.

• The Kenya Climate Information Centre (KCIC) has supported cookstove entrepreneurs to develop business plans and test products.

• A CDM PoA for efficient cookstoves in Kenya approved in September 2014 and registered with the UNFCCC; and anticipates selling credits on the voluntary carbon market.


MENR, working with MOEP, developed a Clean Energy NAMA that will support the manufacture and distribution of one million improved biomass cookstoves and one million solar lanterns through both supply-side and demand-side interventions.


Support for clean cookstoves actions is provided by the Governments of Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland and others. The ClimateCare cookstove programme was supported by the Government of the United Kingdom through the DFID-funded StARCK+ programme.

Support for the short-term action, NAMA development, was provided by UNDP through the Low Emission Capacity Building Programme funded by the European Union and Government of Germany.

http://cleancookstoves.org/resources_files/kenya-market-assessment.pdf

http://endev.info/content/Kenya

https://cdm.unfccc.int/PRCContainer/DB/prcp792761040/view

GLPGP – Kenya Market Assessment: Final Report, August 2013. MITI 5:

Agroforestry


MITI 5: Agroforestry

Title Agroforestry

Action Type Mitigation, Development

Timeframe Short term/Quick Win

Sector Agriculture, Forestry

Action Summary

Long term: Convert 281,000 hectares of existing arable cropland and grazing land that have medium or high agricultural potential to agroforestry by 2030 to abate 4.16 MtCO2e.

Short term: Development and submission of funding proposal for agroforestry promotion

Status In progress

Lead Agency MALF, KFS

Partner Agency

MENR provides assistance to submit funding and NAMA proposals.

Stakeholders Kenya Agricultural Research institute (KARI), extension workers, county governments, farmers, agroforestry project developers and civil society organizations.


GHG emission reductions from agroforestry actions have not been calculated. KFS reports challenges with measurement because Kenya has no accurate measurement of land covered by agroforestry and lacks capacity to measure.

Examples of initiatives to promote agroforestry are listed below:

KFS strategy to increase forest cover includes promotion of agroforestry.

• KFS initiated and operationalized a revolving loan programme of Ksh 16.8 million for farmers for farm forestry development in Mbeere, Tharaka Kitui and Kericho counties. Loans totaling Ksh 1.383 million were disbursed and farmers’ investment proposals of Ksh 4.816 million approved.

• KFS established farm forestry/ agroforestry and commercial forests on community and private lands.

• VI Agroforestry benefits 60,000 smallholder farmers in Kisumu and Kitale, who have improved farming practices, including incorporation of agroforestry. In 2014, over 3.8 million trees were planted on farms. The Kenya Agriculture Carbon Project, where Vi Agroforestry cooperates with the World Bank, has developed a methodology to estimate the emission reduction benefits of Sustainable Agriculture Land Management practices. The methodology has been approved by the Verified Carbon Standard. The carbon credits from the project go to the BioCarbon Fund, a fund with private and public investors that is managed by the World Bank.

• The Accelerating Adoption of Agroforestry in Western Kenya (Triple A) project identified best practices in agroforestry for farmer-to-farmer learning.

• One Acre Fund (NGO) offers grevilia trees to farmers, with 180,000 farmers planting an average of 30 trees each.


Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MALF) is developing an agricultural NAMA that will include agroforestry.


The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is assisting MALF to develop an agricultural NAMA. Vi Agroforestry is a Swedish development cooperation non-governmental organization. Triple A is funded by Comart Foundation and the Coady International Institute (Canada). One Acre is supported by various funders.

PPR 2011/2012-2012/2013

http://www.viagroforestry.org/projects/kenya/

https://www.oneacrefund.org/blogs/tag/trees/251


MITI 6: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with Light Rail Transit (LRT) corridors

Title Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with Light Rail Transit (LRT) corridors

Action Type Mitigation, Development

Sector Physical Infrastructure, Transportation

Timeframe Long term; Short term/Quick Win

Action Summary

Long term: Implement an extensive mass transit system for greater Nairobi, based predominantly on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) complemented by few Light Rail Transit (LRT) corridors to abate 2.8 MtCO2e by 2030

Short term: Development and submission of NAMA proposal for public transit system in Nairobi

Status Long term: In progress; Short term: Completed

Lead Agency MOTIHUD leads the development of Nairobi’s MRT system. NAMA partner ministries are MOTIHUD and MENR.

Partner Agency

NAMA implementing partners are: NaMATA, responsible for development of the overall MRT plan; KURA, responsible for bus corridors; and Kenya Rail, responsible for commuter rail services along existing rail lines. The work is undertaken in cooperation with the County Governments of Nairobi, Kajiado, Kiambu, Machakos, and Murang’a.

Stakeholders Public transport operators, Matatu Owners Association, matatu drivers association, cyclists’ associations.


A Nairobi Metropolitan Transport Master Plan has been developed by the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development (MOTIHUD) that includes a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system with BRT and LRT corridors. The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) is supporting feasibility and design studies for BRT corridors and preparing bidding documents for BRT services and operation. Kenya Railways is developing the Nairobi Commuter Rail Project that will rehabilitate the existing rail system in Nairobi and construct a new track to the international airport. The light rail line to the airport is targeted for completion by the end of 2018. Construction on the BRT infrastructure will begin around 2022.

Syokimau-Central Business District commuter rail system started service November 2012, with Irmara Daima and Matadarar stationsthat opened in December 2013 expanding access to the system.

Nairobi County Government entered a partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop a non-motorized transport policy, which will complement the MRT.

The work is still at the planning stages and GHG emissions have not been reduced. MOTIHUD is receiving technical assistance to measure and monitor GHG emissions in the transport sector.

short term: completed

A NAMA Support Project has been approved that will provide financial support of EUR 15.5 million to mobilize a development loan with reduced interest rate to fund the construction of the BRT Line 3, which is one of five bus corridors planned as part of greater Nairobi’s MRT system. Additionally, the NAMA Support Project will provide funding of EUR 4.5 million to build the institutional capacity of Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NaMATA). The NAMA Support Project is expected to reduce up to 0.04 MtCO2e annually (0.36 MtCO2e up to 2030). A second NAMA proposal was developed to support the development of a BRT-Plus System for greater Nairobi.


EUR 20 million was approved under the NAMA Facility for 2017-2020. Funding through the NAMA facility is provided by the Governments of Germany, United Kingdom, and Denmark and the European Commission. The delivery organizations for the NAMA project are KfW and GIZ.

The Nairobi Mass Rapid Transit System is supported by various financiers. KfW has approved a loan of EUR 100 million for BRT line 3. The World Bank has provided a loan of US$59.7 million and a grant of US$17.04 million for BRT line 1. The European Commission, AfDB and JICA are also providing support.

The NAMA proposals were developed with support of GIZ and the Low Emission Capacity Building Project managed by UNDP. Detailed engineering designs for BRT are fully financed by the Government of Kenya, with KURA supporting feasibility and design studies for BRT corridors. Kenya Railway Corporation is supporting the preparation of a master plan for Nairobi Commuter Rail. The Government of Germany is providing technical assistance to MOTIHUD for measuring and monitoring GHG emissions.

Support to the NAMA: Mass Rapid Transport System for Nairobi, Kenya. 2015

proposal to the NAMA Facility developed by KfW (German Development

Bank) and GIZ.

www.nama-facility.org/projects/kenya-mass-rapid-transport-system-for-

nairobi/

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/689711472203354725/Kenya-

National-Urban-Transport-Improvement-Project-NUTRIP-procurement-plan

http://www.unep.org/Transport/sharetheroad/PDF/Nairobi%20NMT%20

PolicyFINAL_17%20March%202015.pdf


MITI 7: Development of greenhouse gas inventory

Title Development of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory, improvement of emissions data and analysis of mitigation options

Action Type Enabling


Sector Energy, Agriculture, Transport, Waste, Industrial Processes and Forestry

Action Summary

Develop Kenya’s GHG inventory, building on the information developed in the NCCAP mitigation reference case of GHG emissions and build capacity to develop, use and monitor data and impacts

Status Complete

Lead Agency MENR and NEMA

Partner Agency

KFS, MALF, MOEP, MOTIHUD, National Treasury, Bureau of Statistics and others to provide input and data.

Stakeholders Civil society and private sector.

status description

Kenya’s Second National Communication (SNC) was submitted to the UNFCCC in December 2015. The SNC provides a comprehensive update of Kenya’s national circumstances, updates Kenya’s GHG inventory, assesses vulnerability and adaptation, analyses mitigation options, and reviews other information considered relevant for the implementation of the Convention.

The GHG inventory reports on GHG emissions and removals by sinks for the year 2010, as well as additional years between 1995 and 2010. The vulnerability and adaption section examines past climate tends and future climate scenarios, risks and vulnerabilities associated those trends, and proposes adaptation actions. The mitigation analysis builds on the low-carbon assessment that was undertaken during the NCCAP process, projecting emissions out to 2030 to form the business as usual reference case against which abatement potential is estimated for the six mitigation sectors.

Updating of the GHG inventory is underway to support the development of the Third National Communication. Technical assistance programmes are underway to build capacity for monitoring and measurement of emissions in the transport and energy sectors. MENR officials have received training in GHG inventory development. The Mazingira Centre is a laboratory established at the International Livestock Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi that is developing reliable data on GHG emissions from the livestock sector.


Support to develop the SNC was provided to NEMA by the GEF and managed by UNEP. The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed Low Emission Climate Resilient Development (LECRD) project is providing support to MENR for the development of the third GHG inventory. The Government of Germany is providing technical

assistance to MOTIHUD for GHG emissions measurement and monitoring in the transport sector. The Government of France is providing technical assistance to MOEP for GHG emissions measurement and monitoring in the energy sector. The Mazingira Centre is supported by ILRI, the Government of Germany, Centre for International Forestry Research, UNEP, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.

http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kennc2es.pdf

https://mazingira.ilri.org


MITI 8: Capacity building for measuring, reporting on and monitoring forestry emissions and sinks

Title Capacity building for measuring, reporting on and monitoring forestry emissions and sinks


Timeframe Short term / Quick Win

Sector Forestry, Agriculture, Land use and land-use change

Action Summary

Develop a national forest inventory, forest reference scenario, and a monitoring and reporting system that allows for transparent accounting of emissions and removals in the forestry and land use sectors

Status In progress

Lead Agency KFS

Partner Agency

MENR, KEFRI, County Governments

Stakeholders REDD+ steering committee, land owners, community forestry associations, universities.

status description

KFS is improving its accounting methods and processes to measure and track land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) emissions, including the establishment of a national forest inventory and national land classification system to estimate removals and emissions from the LULUCF sector. REDD+ readiness activities include the development of a Reference Emission Level/Forest Reference Level, development of a National Forest Monitoring System and development of a Safeguard Information System. Work also includes the development of national forest resource mapping and establishment of the System for Land-based Emissions Estimation in Kenya (SLEEK), a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system to estimate land-based emissions in Kenya. A geographic information services lab has been established to enable mapping and tracking of land cover change.


Support for SLEEK was provided by Clinton Climate Initiative and the Government of Australia. Additional support of US$1 million for 2017-2018 is provided by the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency through the GEF as the financial mechanism for the UNFCCC.

JICA is supporting a five-year project that includes forest cover mapping, analysis of land use change, development and testing of the national forest monitoring system and other activities

The Governments of Japan and Finland and the European Commission provide support to KFS for monitoring and reporting in forestry sector, including REDD+ readiness activities. Kenya has received support for REDD+ activities from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, the United Nations Forum on REDD+ and the Clinton Climate Initiative. A REDD+ technical assistance initiative funded by the Government of Italy is at the planning stage.

Kenya Forest Service (2016), Forester, A Quarterly Newsletter of the Kenya

Forest Service, Issue No. 19: April – June.

http://www.kenyaforestservice.org/index.php?option=com_

content&view=category&id=84

http://www.sleek.environment.go.ke/


MITI 9: Mainstreaming of low-carbon development opportunities into planning process

Title Other low carbon actions to reduce GHG emissions included in the NCCAP mitigation analysis



Sector Planning and devolution

Action Summary

Develop a process to mainstream low carbon development opportunities into the government of Kenya planning process.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MODP

Partner Agency

MENR and county governments

Stakeholders Other relevant ministries

status description

The Ministry of Devolution and Planning (MODP) has undertaken a process to identify indicators to track progress on climate change, and has included climate change indicators in in the national government handbook of national reporting on the Second MTP. The MODP also led a process with country governments to identify climate change indicators and to develop county indictor handbooks.

Several of the 2013 County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) incorporated climate change considerations.

Actions are underway to mainstream climate change in the Third MTP and 2018 CIDPs. Ministry of Devolution and Planning (2014), Handbook of National Reporting Indicators for the Second Medium-Term Plan of Kenya Vision 2030.


UNDP provided support for the development of the indicators handbooks with funding from the United Kingdom (UK) Government of the United Kingdom through DFID. CDKN, which is funded by the Governments of the UK and the Netherlands, provided support to examine the mainstreaming process in Kenya. The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya (TA) Component of the UK-funded StARCK+ programme provided support to review mainstreaming of climate change in CIDPs.

MENR (2016), County Integrated Development Plans: Review of Climate

Change Mainstreaming. Accessed at: http://www.starckplus.com/index.php/

starck-components/technical-assistance/county-integrated-development-

plans-cidps-review-of-climate-change-mainstreaming


Mitigation: Other low carbon actions to reduce GHG emissions

Title Other low carbon actions to reduce GHG emissions included in the NCCAP mitigation analysis

Action Type Mitigation

Timeframe Long-term

Sector Energy, Agriculture, Transport, Waste, Industrial Processes and Forestry

Action Summary

The NCCAP mitigation analysis identified a total of 33 low carbon actions. The six priority actions review in MITI 1 to MITI 6 cover about three-quarters of the total GHG emission reduction potential and their full deployment would almost halve GHG emission by 2030 compared to the projected baseline (business as usual scenario.

The other 24 mitigation actions identified are in various stages of implementation and provide important GHG emission reduction benefits.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR – for tracking climate change benefits

Partner Agency

KFS, MALF, MOEP, MOTIHUD, National Treasury, NEMA, County Governments

Stakeholders KAM, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), private sector companies and civil society

status

The 30 mitigation actions identified in the NCCAP will achieve GHG emission reductions. Examples of progress on these actions is listed below and detailed information is available in the draft National Climate Change Registry that has been developed by MENR. The initiatives listed have been operational over the 2013-2017 timeframe of the NCCAP. Projects at the planning stages are not included below.

Agriculture

• Development of a Dairy NAMA.

Energy – Electricity Supply

• Lake Turkana Wind power project – 310 MW.• Ngong Hills Wind Power Project Phase II – 6.8 MW.• Mini-grids – solar (9.6 MW), wind (0.6 MW) – KSh 3.7 billion AFD

loan.• National Public Primary Schools Electrification – 4,175 primary

schools powered with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.• Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme – 11,500

biodigesters installed in Phase I. • Kibera sewage treatment plant generating 8 MW of electricity

from waste.• Biojoule – biogas power plant producing 2.6 MW of electricity.• Mumias Sugar – 35 MW bagasse based cogeneration project.• Oserian Flower Farm – US$ 12 million investment in 3 MW

geothermal power plant.• Strathmore University – solar installation of 0.6 MW.• Tamambuzi flower farm – installation of 60 kW solar system.

• Wiliamson Tea – 1 MW solar PV system.

Energy Demand

• CDM PoA – Installation of energy efficient transformers – June 2014

• Several CDM PoAs were submitted in late 2012 in the areas of clean cookstoves, biogas and solar lanterns. These CDM initiatives have not moved ahead because of the depressed state of the carbon market.

• Kenya Power compact fluorescent lights (CFL) programme – Phase 1 distributed 1.25 million of the energy saving bulbs

• Standards and Labelling Programme

Forestry – reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation

• Kasigau Corridor REDD+ project protects 200,000 ha of dry land forest in Taita Taveta. The project will avoid the emissions of over 30 MtCO2e over the life of the project.

• Chyulu Hills REDD+ project protects an area of 410,533.84 ha. The project aims to prevent the emissions of 37 MtCO2e by preventing deforestation, forest degradation and grassland conversion.

Transport

• Standard Gauge Railway – Mombasa to Nairobi • Standard Gauge Railway Phase II – Nairobi to Naivasha• Vehicle emissions testing – proposal for submission to GCF

through the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA).

• Pipeline upgrading and development.

Industrial Processes

• The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and MOEP’s Centre for Energy Efficiency and Conservation offers energy audits and facilitates loans for energy efficiency actions in industries. The initiative is supported by the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Financing project that has invested more than US$ 55 million in renewable energy and energy efficiency up to 2015.

• Bamburi solid waste to energy – incineration of waste tyres and waste oil to generate electricity for cement production. The GHG mitigation benefits of this action are uncertain.

Waste

• Solid Waste Management NAMA – based on waste diversion and composting.


Support for mitigation actions provided by various governments, including Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, US, UK and others. The funding is delivers through bilateral programmes or through multilateral organizations such as the GCF, World Bank, AfDB, UNDP and others.

https://cdm.unfccc.int/ProgrammeOfActivities/registered.html

MENR (2017), Preliminary list of projects for the National Climate Change

Registry

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FINA 1: Establish Kenya National Climate Fund

Title Establish the Kenya national climate fund


Timeframe Short term/Quick win

Sector Finance, Environment

Action Summary

Establish the Kenya national climate fund - a body that will become the main financing mechanism for the NCCAP. This will ensure that funds are disbursed according to mitigation and adaptation priorities identified in NCCAP.

Status In progress

Lead Agency National Treasury

Partner Agency

MENR

Stakeholders Members of the National Climate Change Council, including the Office of the President, ministries responsible for planning and energy, chairperson of the Council of Governors and representatives from the private sector, civil society, marginalized groups and academia. The Task Force includes representation from relevant government ministries, the Council of Governors (CoG), KEPSA and KAM. The County adaptation funds are supported through the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA).

status

The Kenya Climate Fund is included in the Climate Change Act, 2016, and is in the process of being established. It is intended to be a financing mechanism for priority climate change actions and interventions. The fund will be vested in the National Treasury, administered by the National Climate Change Council and managed by the Principal Secretary responsible for climate change affairs. The Council will establish the strategic direction of the Fund, determine eligibility criteria, set out procedures for grants and loans, and set out procedures for effective and transparent administration of the Fund. In addition, the Council will make funding allocation decisions and approve spending. National Treasury is establishing a Task Force, to be gazetted in 2017, to oversee the development of regulations for the Climate Fund.

The County Government of Wajir has passed the Wajir County Climate Change Fund Act, 2016. The County Government of Makueni has passed the Makueni County Climate Change Fund Regulations, 2015. These regulations establish climate change funds and allocate a portion of development budgets to addressing climate change. Three other counties – Garissa, Isiolo, Kitui – have established county adaptation funds that support adaptation to climate change at the local level.


The StARCK+ Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component, funded by the UK Government through DFID, provided support to identify options for a climate finance mechanism. The Adaptation Consortium of the DFID-funded StARCK+ programme provided support to the Governments of Makueni and Wajir to develop climate fund regulations; and support for the development of county funds in Isiolo, Kitui and Garissa.

http://www.kenyaforests.org/resources/The_Kenya_Climate_Change_

Act_2016.pdf

http://makueni.go.ke/sites/default/files/Makueni%20County%20Climate%20

Change%20Regulations%2C%202015.pdf

http://www.adaconsortium.org/index.php

http://starckplus.com/index.php/starck-components/adaptation-consortium


FINA 2: Prioritize climate change funding in the budget

Title Prioritize climate change funding in the budget including the creation of a climate change code



Sector Finance, Planning

Action Summary

Integrate climate change finance into annual budgets, budget policy statements and medium term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs); and create specific budgetary codes for climate change within the integrated financial management information system (IFMIS)

Status In progress


Partner Agency

MODP, MENR, MALF, MOTIHUD, County governments

Stakeholders MTEF sector working groups, development partners

status

The 2017 budget notes that the economy remains vulnerable to shocks, including drought. The budget includes allocations for climate-relevant actions, including:

• Food security and agriculture – irrigation projects, strategic grain reserves, aquaculture technology development, livestock and crop insurance schemes The Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme-Climate Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Window (KCEP-CRAL) is a priority program.

• Infrastructure, transport and logistics – standard gauge railway (shift of freight form road to rail), geothermal development, LPG distribution and infrastructure, installation of solar lanterns.

• Environment management and protection - flood control and water harvesting, water resource management, water harvesting, dam construction, meteorological services, environment management and development.

• Equity, poverty reduction and social protection for vulnerable groups – Hunger Net Safety Programme.

The 2017-18 budget policy statement (page 22, paragraph 65) notes that the “Government remains committed on its bid to mitigate the impact of climate change, having signed the Protocol on Climate Change following the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Prior to signing, the Government adopted a Green Economy Strategy and Implementation Plan as a guideline for its environmental sustainable efforts … In addition, the Government will continue to mainstream climate change measures into all its projects and programmes.” Actions to mainstream climate change were evident in the budget policy statement:

• Page 10 – mainstream 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and respective 169 targets and 230 indicators into the MTP III and CIDPs. (SDG 13 deals with climate change).

• Page 13 – Standard Gauge Railway (shift of freight from road to

rail is a priority in the NCCAP).• Page 14 – The Government will raise its power production by

exploiting geothermal, wind and solar resources.• Page 15 – livestock insurance.• Page 22– Flood control and rain water harvesting.

The 2017-18 budget policy statement elaborates on “Climate Change related fiscal risks to the economy” noting the economic consequences of climate change, and Treasury’s development of fiscal instruments for climate proofing vulnerable sectors of the economy, including the Climate Finance Policy, Climate Public Expenditure Review and Climate Change budget coding (p.80-81).The 2016-17 budget policy statement mainstreamed aspects of climate change including mitigation actions:

• Recognize Kenya as a global leader on clean energy and position the economy as a green industrial hub, leveraging cheaper and cleaner geothermal power.

• Reduce fossil fuel emissions through the standard gauge railway.

• Encourage use of clean and affordable biogas energy systems for rural households through VAT exemption on plastic bag biogas digesters.

• Tax all classes of fossil fuels to safeguard the environment.• Invest in extending electricity connection to every household,

and provide incentives for use of cheaper, safer and cleaner bio-fuels in cooking stoves.

Adaptation priorities included:

• Working with devolved units of government to put in measures to control floods and harvest rain water.

• Increase irrigation to reduce dependence on rain-fed agriculture and build resilience in the economy, including tax incentives for new investment in water facilities and smallholder irrigation equipment.

The National Treasury undertook a study on the Development of Climate Change Budget Codes. This work was extended through the Climate Public Expenditure and Budget Review that provided an initial assessment of the government’s climate relevant expenditure and establishment of specific national budgeting and accounting codes for IFMIS.


Funding for the Climate Public Expenditure and Budget Review report and Budget Codes study was provided by the UK Government and other agencies through the UNDP.

KCEP-CRAL is a7-year programme funded by IFAD (loan of US$ 61.8m and grant of US$ 2m), US$ 10 million grant through the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme, US$ 11.7 million grant from the European Union, and other contributions. The Government of Kenya has contributed US$ 1.5 million to the programme.

National Treasury (2014), Development of Climatic Change Budget Codes for

the National Treasury, Draft Report.

Government of Kenya (2016), Kenya Climate Public Expenditure and

Budget Review. http://www.ke.undp.org/content/kenya/en/home/library/

environment_energy/kenya-climate-public-expenditure-and-budget-review.

html

National Treasury, 2017 Budget Policy Statement, http://treasury.go.ke/

component/jdownloads/send/172-budget-policy-statement/459-2017-

budget-policy-statement.html

National Treasury, The Budget Summary for the Fiscal Year 2017/18 and

the Supporting Information. http://www.treasury.go.ke/component/


jdownloads/send/177-budget-highlights/496-budget-summary-on-the-

estimates-of-revenue-and-expenditure-for-fy-2017-2018.html

National Treasury, Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, November 2016.

http://www.treasury.go.ke/component/jdownloads/send/172-budget-policy-

statement/446-2017-2018-fy-draft-budget-policy-statement.html

https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/ccf38b8a-1f00-4876-85ab-

be79a73c356d

FINA 3: Harmonize Government of Kenya and development partner funding requirements

Title Harmonize Government of Kenya and development partner funding requirements



Sector Public administration, Finance, Planning

Action Summary

Standardize the financial requirements and fiscal calendars of the government and development partners according to the principles of Kenya’s Joint Assistance Strategy.

Status In progress


Partner Agency

MENR

Stakeholders Development partners

status

National Treasury has engaged with development partners on climate change issues. MENR has engaged with development partners through an environment and climate change coordination group.


FINA 4: Accelerate negotiations with countries to overcome lack of carbon market access for Kenya

Title Open/accelerate negotiations with various countries to overcome the lack of carbon market access for Kenya.


Timeframe Short term

Sector Public administration, Finance

Action Summary

Acquire a bilateral deal with the European Union to allow access to the European Union Emissions Trading Schemes for carbon credits created under Kenya CDM projects. Explore options to use Japan’s Bilateral Offset Credit Scheme to finance geothermal.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

National Treasury, KIRDI, MFA, MODP, NEMA, KFS, MOEP

Stakeholders Carbon market community in Kenya, GDC, KenGen

Development Partners

Government of Japan

status

Kenya and Japan signed a bilateral document for the introduction of the Joint Crediting Mechanism in June 2013. The scheme enables a low-carbon growth partnership that will support mitigation projects in Kenya that generate carbon credits that will be purchased by Japan to be used to achieve its emission reduction target. The Joint Committee has held two meetings and approved a methodology for micro hydropower generation.

https://www.jcm.go.jp/ke-jp/about

FINA 5: Enhance the capacity of the designated national authority

Title Enhance the capacity of the designated national authority



Sector Public administration, finance

Action Summary

The Designated National Authority (DNA) under NEMA is the regulatory body governing the CDM in Kenya. The performance of the DNA needs to be improved for it to increase efficiency.

Status In progress


Partner Agency

NEMA, MENR

Stakeholders Kenya carbon market community, project developers

status

Capacity building has been provided to NEMA to improve its ability to deliver on its role as the DNA for the CDM and as National Implementing Entity for the Adaptation Fund and GCF. Support is being provided to build capacity to identify and develop proposals for bankable adaptation projects.

The Kenya GCF Readiness Programme is assisting the National Treasury, which is Kenya’s National Designated Authority (NDA) to the GCF, to prepare national and local systems and to manage climate finance. The programme provides capacity building to help the Government of Kenya develop a strategic framework for interaction with the GCF and to develop a pipeline of programme and project proposals. The programme includes sensitization workshops at the county level and a study tour to Senegal for NEMA officials.


The Kenya GCF Readiness Programme is supported by UNDP, UNEP, the Government of Germany, and the GCF Secretariat. CDKN provided support to Treasury and NEMA to identify and develop bankable adaptation projects.

https://www.nema.go.ke/

http://www.gcfreadinessprogramme.org/events-content/kenya-gcf-county-

level-sensitisation-workshops


FINA 6: Determine the appropriate home for and establish a unit that develops and promotes projects responsible for generating carbon credits

Title Determine appropriate home for and establish a unit that develops and promotes projects responsible for generating carbon credits




Action Summary

Create an agency explicitly tasked with developing and marketing Kenyan carbon market projects and their associated credits. Roles include organizing conferences and other events for project developers to pitch their ideas; creating a permanent ‘match-making’ platform where sellers can post projects for buyers to bid or transact; and providing technical assistance for project developers and to financial institutions.

Status In progress


Partner Agency

MENR, NEMA

Stakeholders Kenya carbon market community, project developers

status

The National Treasury has established the Climate Finance Secretariat, responsible for climate finance, including overseeing carbon credits from a government perspective. Treasury has developed a draft climate finance policy aimed at positioning Kenya to access climate finance, and actions include tracking and inputting to market mechanisms emerging under the UNFCCC, and monitoring the voluntary market.


The StARCK+ Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component, funded by the UK Government through DFID, provided support to develop the draft Climate Finance Policy.

http://www.starckplus.com/index.php/starck-components/technical-

assistance

FINA 7: Support for a series of ongoing actions to improve the policy and regulatory framework for low-carbon investment

Title Support a series of ongoing actions to improve the policy and regulatory framework for low-carbon investment



Sector Public administration, finance, energy

Action Summary

Support ongoing efforts by government institutions to improve the policy and regulatory environment for low-carbon investment

Status In progress


Partner Agency

MOEP, ERC

Stakeholders Kenya Power, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), KAM Centre for Energy Efficiency and Conservation, KEPSA

status

The Government of Kenya has introduced fiscal instruments to encourage update of sustainable energy and low-carbon investment, including:

• 0% import duties and Value-added Tax (VAT) exemption on renewable energy materials, equipment and accessories.

• Removal of excise duty on denatured ethanol.• Removal of VAT on LPG.• Removal of VAT on clean cookstoves and parts.• Reduction of import duty from 25% to 10% on clean

cookstoves.• VAT exemption on plastic bag biogas digesters.• Tendering policy to purchase renewable energy thorough

competitive processes – to replace the Feed-in tariffs.Energy regulations:

• Solar water heating – buildings using more than 100 litres per day shall use solar water heating systems.

• Energy management – designated energy consuming facilities shall carry out energy audits and implement audit recommendations.

• Solar photovoltaic systems – design, manufacture and sale of solar PV be licensed by the ERC.

• Appliance energy performance and labelling – minimum energy performance standards for select electrical appliances.

• Improved biomass cookstoves (draft regulations) - minimum energy performance standards for improved biomass cookstoves.

http://erc.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&view=docman&Itemid=638


FINA 8: Establish a regular platform for engagement and dialogue between the Government of Kenya and investors

Title Establish a regular platform for engagement and dialogue between the Government of Kenya and investors.




Action Summary

This action involves the establishment of a regular (i.e. every three months) platform for continued engagement and dialogue between the Government of Kenya and both domestic and international representatives of the private sector on matters relating to Kenya’s low-carbon growth strategy

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

National Treasury, MOEP, MODP

Stakeholders KEPSA, KAM, relevant corporates, business membership organizations

status

A platform has not been established, but the meetings of the National Climate Change Council are expected to facilitate discussion between the private sector and the government on climate change.

KEPSA undertook a study in 2013-14 to examine the parameters of a private sector-government platform for engagement on climate change, including costing.


CDKN, which is funded by the Governments of the UK and Netherlands, supported the KEPSA study on private sector- government engagement on climate change.

https://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Platform-for-Private-Sector-

Engagement.pdf

FINA 9: Support the planned creation of a one-stop shop to expedite process of acquiring renewable energy permits and licenses

Title FINA 9: Support the planned creation of a one-stop shop to expedite process of acquiring renewable energy permits and licenses




Action Summary

Support the planned creation of a one-stop shop where renewable energy firms (and in the future possibly firms in other low-carbon sectors) can acquire all the necessary permits and licenses to develop their projects. The one-stop shop will expedite the process of renewable energy investment.

Status In progress

Lead Agency ERC

Partner Agency

MOEP

Stakeholders KenGen, Kenya Renewable Energy Association (KEREA), KAM, Rural Electricity Authority (REA), renewable energy firms

status

The ERC launched the Renewable Energy Portal in 2013. The portal provides easy access to relevant information about administration entry requirements and procedures of operating a power plant based on renewable energy, as well as the legal and regulatory framework for such investments (e.g., tariff regulation) and relevant market information. The portal provides information regarding each of the clearances issued by government agencies and local authorities that are required to start a renewable energy project. The portal contains information on all the licensing requirements from the different issuing agencies as well as agencies that provide associated information on renewable energy projects.

http://www.erc.go.ke/index.php?option=com_

content&view=featured&Itemid=435


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EPRF 1: Consult on and adopt the draft climate change policy

Title Consult on and adopt draft climate change policy



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Widely consult on and adopt the draft Climate Change Policy being developed as a Parliamentary Sessional Paper. The Policy will frame Kenya’s climate change response within the attainment of climate resilient and low-emission development and provide the overall direction and approach of climate change response.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

Office of the President, key sectoral Ministries including MALF, MODP, MOTIHUD, MOEP, County Governments

Stakeholders In addition to National and Country Government consultations, Members of Parliament, civil society, the private sector (including KAM and KEPSA as members of the task force) and the public at large were consulted.

status

The draft National Climate Change Framework Policy was approved by Cabinet on 13th October 2016 for submission to Parliament as a sessional paper.

The policy sets out an integrated regulatory framework for climate change governance that sets up an overarching national legislative framework; and a technical institutional framework to guide policy and implementation of climate change legal obligations of the national and county governments. The policy recommends an institutional coordination mechanism with high-level convening power. An implementation framework provides for the use of national climate change action plans as the main tool, and integration of climate change actions in the national planning and budgeting process. The policy focuses on research and technology as necessary for optimal interventions. Public participation and engagement of the private sector are required to address climate change. The government is also required to establish an M&E system to track implementation or the policy. Resource mobilisation for policy implementation will be closely linked to Kenya’s climate finance strategy.

The Cabinet Secretary, MENR, appointed a task force in February 2014 that delivered the draft climate change policy in October 2014, following a national validation workshop.


The process to develop the policy was supported by various partners including KAM; Kenya Climate Change Working Group through Trocaire and other funders; Technical Assistance to the

Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID; and the Low Emission Capacity Building Project funded by the European Union and Government of Germany and managed by UNDP. The technical team of the StARCK+ TA component provided support for drafting of the policy and tracking stakeholder input.

http://www.environment.go.ke


assistance

http://lecrd.co.ke


EPRF 2: Enact an overarching framework climate change law

Title Enact an overarching framework climate change law



Sector All sectors, national relevance

Action Summary

Enact a standalone, overarching, framework Climate Change Law to provide the general legal framework for implementation of Kenya’s National Climate Change Policy and related actions under the NCCAP

Status Complete

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

Office of the President, key sectoral Ministries including MALF, MODP, MOTIHUD, MOEP, County Governments

Stakeholders In addition to National and Country Government consultations, Members of Parliament, civil society, the private sector (including KAM and KEPSA as members of the task force) and the public at large were consulted.

status

The Climate Change Act, 2016 was signed into law on 6th May 2016 by his Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya, and commenced on 27th May 2016. The law states that the National Climate Change Council is responsible for overall coordination and advisory functions. National Climate Change Action Plans are the basis for implementing climate change activities every five-year period. County Integrated Development Plans, required by law as primary planning tools, are the mechanism for mainstreaming climate change actions and interventions at the County government level. The Act sets out provisions for public consultation, and may impose climate change obligations on private entities and civil society organizations. The Act provides for setting GHG emission reduction targets and sets out obligations for measuring, reporting and verification of emissions. The Act establishes the Climate Change Fund as a financing mechanism for priority climate change actions and interventions.

The Cabinet Secretary, MENR, appointed a Task Force in February 2014 to develop a national climate change bill. The Task Force delivered the draft climate change bill in April 2014.


The process to develop the policy was supported by various partners including KAM; Kenya Climate Change Working Group through Trocaire and other funders; Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID; Low Emission Capacity Building Project funded by the European Union and Government of Germany and managed by UNDP; and LEDS Global Partnership. The technical team of the StARCK+ TA component provided support for drafting of the policy and tracking stakeholder input.

http://www.kenyaforests.org/resources/The_Kenya_Climate_Change_

Act_2016.pdf


assistance

http://lecrd.co.ke


EPRF 3: Amend key sectoral laws consistent with priority actions identified in the NCCAP through a miscellaneous amendments bill

Title Amend key sectoral laws consistent with priority actions identified under the NCCAP throughout a miscellaneous amendments bill




Action Summary

Priority NCCAP actions will be given an enabling legal basis by amendment of key sectoral laws. These amendments will ideally occur simultaneously through a Statute (Miscellaneous) Amendments Bill, or in the alternative through separate legislative amendments, occurring over a period of time, to reform sectoral laws.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

MOEP, MOTIHUD, MALF, MODP, National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), KFS, National Treasury

Stakeholders Private sector and civil society

status

An initial review of required regulations and guidelines to implement the Climate Change Act has been undertaken. Key sectoral agencies and ministries with mandates over Energy, Transport, Agriculture, Finance, Planning, Forestry and Disaster Management, amongst others, will need to support sectoral legislative amendments.


The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided support to identify priority regulations development under the Climate Change Act.


assistance

EPRF 4: Establish a high-level national climate change council

Title Establish a high-level national climate change council




Action Summary

As part of broader institutional reform under a standalone Climate Change Law, a high-level National Climate Change Council should be established to play the primary coordination, legislative and policy direction, technical oversight and guidance role in relation to climate change response.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

National Treasury, MODP, MOEP, CoG

Stakeholders Private sector, civil society, marginalized communities, academia

status

The Climate Change Act, 2016 established the National Climate Change Council that will be chaired by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Kenya. The Council is responsible for overall coordination and advisory functions. The government has taken steps to appoint Council members representing private sector, civil society, marginalized communities, academia. A draft code of conduct, terms of reference, agenda, and work plan have been developed in preparation for the first Council meeting.


The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project will provide support for the first Council meeting. The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided support for preparations for the first Council meeting.


assistance

http://lecrd.co.ke


EPRF 5: Establish a climate change secretariat within the ministry responsible for climate change affairs




Action Summary

Establish primary national government technical mechanism for climate change response, a Secretariat of Climate Change, within the sectoral ministry responsible for climate change affairs, at present the MENR, building on existing structures and reform proposals.

Status Complete

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

–

status

The Climate Change Act, 2016 established the Climate Change Directorate (CCD) in the ministry responsible for climate change affairs. The Directorate is the lead agency for the government on national climate change plans and actions to deliver operational coordination. The Directorate reports to the Cabinet Secretary and undertakes such duties as: providing analytical support to sector ministries and county governments, establishing and managing a national registry for climate change actions by private and public entities, serving as the national knowledge and information management center, identifying low-carbon development strategies, coordinating MRV, developing strategies and coordinating action to build resilience to climate change, optimizing opportunities to mobilize climate finance, and coordinating adherence to international obligations.

The Public Service Commission approved and staffed nine positions for the Climate Change Directorate in 2016.


The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project and the Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided technical assistance to the Climate Change Directorate.


assistance

http://lecrd.co.ke


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KMCD 1: Development and maintenance of a robust and up-to-date climate change knowledge management system

Title Development and maintenance of a robust an up-to-date climate change knowledge management system




Action Summary

The Climate Change Resource Centre, when it is fully established, will develop a network of climate change actors and implement a technology-based climate change knowledge management system. The system will serve as a one-stop online space where most of the climate change information and knowledge in Kenya will reside. It will involve linking databases of organizations such as universities, government departments, and international research organizations located in Kenya.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

Ministry climate change focal points

Stakeholders Universities and colleges, the private sector, multilateral research institutions located in Nairobi, civil society organizations, and individual climate change researchers.

status

The MENR has developed the Kenya Climate Knowledge Portal, a virtual online platform in the form of a one-stop climate change portal to enable public access to climate change information. The MENR also maintains a website on the National Climate Change Action Plan.


The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project provided support to develop the knowledge management system. The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided support to maintain the NCCAP website.

The climate knowledge portal can be accessed at: http://lecrd.co.ke/

The NCCAP website can be accessed at: http://www.kccap.info

KMCD 2: Establish a physical climate change resource centre

Title Establish physical climate change resource centre




Action Summary

Establish a national climate change resource centre and use existing infrastructure to devolve to the counties. The centre will house hard copies of published multimedia materials and other knowledge products.

Status Complete

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

KMD

Stakeholders Universities and colleges, the private sector, multilateral research institutions located in Nairobi, civil society organizations, and individual climate change researchers.

status

The National Climate Change Resource Centre (NCCRC) has been established on the grounds of KMD headquarters in Dagoretti, Nairobi. The centre is a national repository for climate change and incorporates green building concepts such as solar power, biogas and water recycling. The NCCRC has a library, amphitheatre, training facilities and an exhibition hall. KMD completed the construction of the National Meteorological Research Centre that holds most of the climate weather forecast information. The National Climate Diagnostic Laboratory at KMD headquarters improves climate knowledge and information management and capacity. KMD has established the Institute for Meteorological Training and Research.


The Africa Adaptation Programme, which was funded by the Government of Japan and managed by UNDP, provided support for the construction and furnishing of the NCCRC. The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project is providing support to establish the centre, including development of a library and business plan. The Institute for Meteorological Training and Research is funded by the UK Government through DFID as part of a larger project entitled Weather Information Services for East Africa Region.

http://lecrd.co.ke/nccrc-national-climate-change-resource-centre/

https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/kenya-met-department-institute-of-

meteorological-training-and-research-imtr-training


KMCD 3: Address capacity gaps required to implement NCCAP in agencies coordinating and leading climate change effort

Title Address the capacity gaps required to implement the NCCAP in the agencies coordinating and leading climate change effort



Sector Energy, Agriculture, Transport, Industry, Water & Sanitation, Health, Finance, Planning, Forestry, Environment, Wildlife, Drought Management

Action Summary

Undertake an analysis of capacity gaps in the core agencies leading climate change in Kenya and develop a capacity building programme is to address those gaps and build additional capacities required to lead the implementation of the NCCAP. An up-to-date capacity assessment to be undertaken once staff are recruited for the Climate Change Directorate, as approved by the Public Service Commission.

Status No action

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

MOEP, MODP, MALF, National Treasury, KFS, MOTIHUD, NEMA

Stakeholders Research institutions

Developement Partners

–

status

Development of a capacity building plan based on a gaps analysis is not complete; but many government departments and agencies at the national and county level are undertaking capacity building initiatives (see KMCD-4).

http://lecrd.co.ke/


assistance

KMCD 4: Provide capacity development support to actors at national and county level

Title Provide capacity development support to actors at national and county level to move forward with implementing the NCCAP (based on an annual identification of priorities)



Sector Energy, Agriculture, Transport, Industry, Water & Sanitation, Health, Finance, Planning, Forestry, Environment, Wildlife, Drought Management

Action Summary

A wide range of capacities are required to implement the NCCAP. Develop a capacity analysis tool to enable actors to assess existing and required capacities and use a wide range of service providers to address the capacity gaps within the national and county governments.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

MOEP, MODP, MALF, Treasury, MOTI, KFS, NEMA, County Governments

Stakeholders Research institutions, universities and colleges, the private sector, civil society organizations

status

Several capacity building initiatives are underway or have been undertaken including training on GHG inventory development, forest mapping and measurement, REDD+, mainstreaming climate change in national sector plans and CIDPs, climate knowledge and information management, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) development and implementation, CDM project development, and GCF readiness. CCD is developing a web-based registry of climate change actions that will include enabling actions, including capacity building. The Climate Change Act requires that the Cabinet Secretary, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, determine the staff establishment required for the CCD to effectively perform its functions under the Act.


Various development partners are providing capacity building support for climate change including the Governments of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, the UK and the US. The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided support to develop the Climate Change Registry.

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KMCD 5: Establishment of an effective social mobilization framework

Title Establishment of an effective social mobilization framework and functional communication structure



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Develop a social mobilisation framework and functional communication structure to rally all segments of society to take appropriate action towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. Engage stakeholders in the identification and prioritization of climate change tools and techniques, and communication of climate change information.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

Relevant government ministries and county governments

Stakeholders Research institutions, universities and colleges, private sector, civil society organizations, decision and policy makers, opinion leaders, bureaucrats and technocrats, professional groups, religious associations, and communities.

status

Various stakeholders have received information about climate change at the national and county level. As an example, consultations during the development of the climate change bill and policy engaged a wide range of stakeholders and took place across the country.


The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project is providing support for knowledge management and outreach.

http://lecrd.co.ke

KMCD 6: Integration of climate change into Kenya’s education system

Title Integration of climate change into Kenya’s education system



Sector Education

Action Summary

Target infusing climate change into education system at all levels to create awareness and produce skilled labour/experts in climate change-related areas e.g. energy management

Status In progress

Lead Agency Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

Partner Agency

MENR, Kenya School of Government, GDC

Stakeholders Universities, colleges, schools, students and agencies responsible for curriculum development

status

Progress has been made to infuse climate change into university courses. The Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, offering MA and PhD programmes, has been established at the University of Nairobi. Climate change and agriculture is a major research topic at Egerton University. The Geothermal Research and Training Institute was established at Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology in 2014. Strathmore University is a partner of Vocational Training and Education for Clean Energy for conducting solar training. KEREA and KAM have provided support to develop training manuals for solar PV installation and maintenance. MENR has developed a climate change curriculum for the Kenya School of Government and provided training of trainers to deliver the curriculum.


The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project provided support to develop the curriculum for the Kenya School of Government and has provided support for solar installation training. The StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided support through KAM and UNDP to develop training materials for installation of maintenance of solar PV systems. The Governments of Germany and Japan provided support for training programs at Strathmore University.

http://icca.uonbi.ac.ke

https://serc.strathmore.edu/training/t1-t2-training

http://lecrd.co.ke

http://www.ficcf.com/index.php/partnership/strengthening-business-

engagement-in-climate-change-mitigation


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NPBM 1: Establish MRV+ system governance structure

Title Establish MRV+ system governance structure



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

A National Performance and Benefit Measurement Framework (NPBMF) is needed to measure, monitor, evaluate, verify and report results of mitigation actions, adaptation actions and the synergies between them. The key component of the proposed NPBMF is an MRV+ system. The aim of the action is to set up the governance structure, teams and components of the MRV+ system.

Status No action

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (to lead the indicators and baselines working group), MODP (to lead the data and quality assurance/quality control working group), climate change units in state departments, and county governments including CoG.

Stakeholders Civil society and private sector

status

The MENR is planning to implement the framework for MRV+ set out in the NCCAP, which includes MENR management of the system and housing of the house the climate change-relevant data repository. The functioning of the MRV+ systems will be overseen by an MRV+ system steering committee. The MRV+ framework was presented to the international community through the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network. Development partner support is required to set up the governance system.

developement partners

The NAP Global Network has profiled Kenya’s planned MRV+ system.

http://napglobalnetwork.org/2016/08/making-business-case-naps-kenya-

tracking-adaptation-finance/

NPBM 2: Climate change relevant data tracking and mapping

Title Climate change relevant data tracking and mapping



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Both climate change mitigation and adaptation monitoring systems require detailed data from a very wide range of sources. The aim is to map data flows required for reporting on outcome-based indicators covering GHG inventory, mitigation, adaptation and synergies.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

NEMA

Stakeholders KFS, MOEP, MOTIHUD, MALF, KMD, KEFRI, KARI, WRMA, DRSRS

status

Draft outline/framework developed for annual reporting under the Climate Change Act, and for input to a national registry of mitigation and adaptation projects. Work was undertaken to identify data sets and information for the GHG inventory in the development of the Second National Communication that was submitted to the UNFCCC in December 2015. Information gaps were assessed in the inventory process. The Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD) Project helps the government track progress on adapting to climate change and how adaptation programs effect development. The Mazingira Centre is a laboratory established at ILRI in Nairobi that is developing reliable data on GHG emissions from the livestock sector.


The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided support to develop the Climate Change Registry. The SNC was funded by GEF and managed by UNEP. The TAMD project is funded by DFID. The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project is supporting the development of the third GHG inventory. The Mazingira Centre is supported by ILRI, the Government of Germany, Centre for International Forestry Research, UNEP, IFAD and CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.

http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kennc2.pdf

https://www.iied.org/tracking-adaptation-measuring-development-tamd


http://starckplus.com/index.php/starck-components/technical-assistance

http://lecrd.co.ke/


NPBM 1: Establish MRV+ system governance structure

Title Establish MRV+ system governance structure



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

A National Performance and Benefit Measurement Framework (NPBMF) is needed to measure, monitor, evaluate, verify and report results of mitigation actions, adaptation actions and the synergies between them. The key component of the proposed NPBMF is an MRV+ system. The aim of the action is to set up the governance structure, teams and components of the MRV+ system.

Status No action

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (to lead the indicators and baselines working group), MODP (to lead the data and quality assurance/quality control working group), climate change units in state departments, and county governments including CoG.

Stakeholders Civil society and private sector

status

The MENR is planning to implement the framework for MRV+ set out in the NCCAP, which includes MENR management of the system and housing of the house the climate change-relevant data repository. The functioning of the MRV+ systems will be overseen by an MRV+ system steering committee. The MRV+ framework was presented to the international community through the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network. Development partner support is required to set up the governance system.


The NAP Global Network has profiled Kenya’s planned MRV+ system.

http://napglobalnetwork.org/2016/08/making-business-case-naps-kenya-

tracking-adaptation-finance/

NPBM 2: Climate change relevant data tracking and mapping

Title Climate change relevant data tracking and mapping



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Both climate change mitigation and adaptation monitoring systems require detailed data from a very wide range of sources. The aim is to map data flows required for reporting on outcome-based indicators covering GHG inventory, mitigation, adaptation and synergies.

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

NEMA

Stakeholders KFS, MOEP, MOTIHUD, MALF, KMD, KEFRI, KARI, WRMA, DRSRS

status

Draft outline/framework developed for annual reporting under the Climate Change Act, and for input to a national registry of mitigation and adaptation projects. Work was undertaken to identify data sets and information for the GHG inventory in the development of the Second National Communication that was submitted to the UNFCCC in December 2015. Information gaps were assessed in the inventory process. The Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD) Project helps the government track progress on adapting to climate change and how adaptation programs effect development. The Mazingira Centre is a laboratory established at ILRI in Nairobi that is developing reliable data on GHG emissions from the livestock sector.


The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya component of the StARCK+ programme funded by the UK Government through DFID provided support to develop the Climate Change Registry. The SNC was funded by GEF and managed by UNEP. The TAMD project is funded by DFID. The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project is supporting the development of the third GHG inventory. The Mazingira Centre is supported by ILRI, the Government of Germany, Centre for International Forestry Research, UNEP, IFAD and CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.

http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kennc2.pdf

https://www.iied.org/tracking-adaptation-measuring-development-tamd


http://starckplus.com/index.php/starck-components/technical-assistance

http://lecrd.co.ke/


NPBM 3: Indicators and baselines

Title Indicators and baselines



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Create an agreed list of indicators and their respective baselines which will allow the performance of the NCCAP to be measured

Status In progress

Lead Agency MODP

Partner Agency

MENR and county governments

Stakeholders Other relevant ministries

status

MODP undertook a process to identify indicators to track progress on climate change, and has included climate change indicators in in the national government handbook of national reporting on the Second MTP. The MODP also led a process with country governments to identify climate change indicators and to develop county indictor handbooks.

Several of the 2013 County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) incorporated climate change considerations. Actions are underway to mainstream climate change in the Third MTP and 2018 CIDPs. The Climate Change Registry will track available information on GHG emissions reductions for mitigation actions, and number of beneficiaries for adaptation actions.


UNDP provided support for the development of the indicators handbooks with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom through DFID. CDKN, which is funded by the Governments of the UK and the Netherlands, provided support to examine the mainstreaming process in Kenya. The Technical Assistance to the Government of Kenya (TA) Component of the UK-funded StARCK+ programme provided support to review mainstreaming of climate change in CIDPs, and to develop the climate change registry.

Ministry of Devolution and Planning (2014), Handbook of National Reporting

Indicators for the Second Medium-Term Plan of Kenya Vision 2030.

MENR (2016), County Integrated Development Plans: Review of Climate

Change Mainstreaming. Accessed at: http://www.starckplus.com/index.php/

starck-components/technical-assistance/county-integrated-development-

plans-cidps-review-of-climate-change-mainstreaming

NPBM 4: Institutional capacity strengthening and staff capacity building

Title Institutional capacity strengthening and staff capacity building for national ministries, agencies, departments, and county governments



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Build institutional and individual capacities of national and county government, agencies and staff involved in providing data for the MRV+ system, paying particular attention to the identification, monitoring, consolidation, analysis and flow of relevant climate change data from counties to central government

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

MODP, NEMA, KFS, MOEP, MOTIHUD, County Governments

Stakeholders Climate change units in state departments, county monitoring and evaluation units, ILRI

status

MODP provided capacity building to the 47 counties to develop climate change indicators; and completed five county handbooks on climate change indicators in 2016. Updating of the GHG inventory is underway to support the development of the Third National Communication. Capacity building is being provided to institutionalize the GHG inventory process, by supporting the GHG inventory unit in the CCD to manage GHG information and data, and to report on GHG emissions and removals. Support is being provided. Technical assistance programmes are underway to build capacity for monitoring and measurement of emissions in the transport and energy sectors.


UNDP, with funding through the UK Government’s DFID, supported the work of MODP to build capacity on climate change indicators and reporting at the county level. The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project is supporting the development of the third GHG inventory and providing capacity building to build the required institutional processes in CCD. The Government of Germany is providing technical assistance to MOTIHUD for GHG emissions measurement and monitoring in the transport sector. The Government of France is providing technical assistance to MOEP for GHG emissions measurement and monitoring in the energy sector.

http://lecrd.co.ke/


NPBM 5: GHG inventory, biennial update reports and national communications

Title GHG inventory, biennial update reports and national communications



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Development of a Biennial Update Report (BUR) and Second National Communication (SNC) to submit to the UNFCCC. Both the BUR and SNC will need follow UNFCCC guidelines and include the results of Kenya’s GHG inventory. The GHG inventory is a common component of, and underlies, the BUR and SNC

Status In progress

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

NEMA, KFS, MALF, MOEP, National Treasury, MOTIHUD, MOEP

Stakeholders County governments, private sector, civil society

status

Kenya’s Second National Communication (SNC) was submitted to the UNFCCC in December 2015. The SNC provides a comprehensive update of Kenya’s national circumstances, updates Kenya’s greenhouse gas inventory, assesses vulnerability and adaptation, analyses mitigation options, and reviews other information considered relevant for the implementation of the Convention. The GHG inventory reports on GHG emissions and removals by sinks for the year 2010, as well as additional years between 1995 and 2010. The vulnerability and adaption section examines past climate tends and future climate scenarios, risks and vulnerabilities associated those trends, and proposes adaptation actions. The mitigation analysis builds on the low-carbon assessment that was undertaken during the NCCAP process, projecting emissions out to 2030 to form the business as usual reference case against which abatement potential is estimated for the six mitigation sectors. Updating of the GHG inventory is underway to support the development of the Third National Communication.


Support to develop the SNC was provided to NEMA by GEF and managed by UNEP. The USAID-funded, UNDP-managed LECRD project supports MENR for development of the third GHG inventory.

http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kennc2es.pdf

NPBM 6: Monitoring and evaluation of adaptive capacity indicators

Title M&E of institutional adaptive capacity indicators in a selected state department (demonstration)



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

The aim of the action is to create an operational adaptation M&E framework for adaptation in the target state department, which will demonstrate the effective application of adaptation M&E and facilitate roll-out across all relevant state departments

Status No action

Lead Agency To be identified

Partner Agency

MENR, MODP

Stakeholders Lead agency to identify stakeholders

status

No action has been taken. A lead state department to be selected from a priority sector for adaptation, such as MALF, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, KFS or Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).


NPBM 7: Monitoring and evaluation of vulnerability indicators in selected county

Title M&E of vulnerability indicators in selected county (demonstration)



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

The action will select suitable national level (process) indicators to measure performance against agreed NAP actions; select suitable county level (outcome) indicators to measure effectiveness of measures at county level; identify and agree on suitable targets by which to measure performance against both sets of indicators; agree M&E roles within the MDA; identify data sets for indicator measurement and review data quality; establish data sharing agreements; collect baseline data and measure the baseline value for each indicator; define additional internal processes data collection, quality control, measurement and reporting; identify capacity building requirements; provide adaptation M&E training for staff; and produce a proposal for further staff training, procurement of computer and data monitoring equipment, additional staff recruitment

Status No action

Lead Agency The lead agency will be a county government, to be determined in consultation with counties

Partner Agency

MENR, MODP

Stakeholders Lead agency to identify stakeholders; support from county-level stakeholders will be essential

Development Partners

–

status

No action has been taken.

NPBM 8: Effectiveness assessment of adaptation at county level

Title Effectiveness assessment of adaptation at county level (demonstration)



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

This action will identify suitable county cases that demonstrate climate risk management by local authorities and customary groups. The cases will include:

• M&E system design, baseline setting and other interventions with local stakeholders;

• Survey of available data on vulnerability, climate observations,

• Identification of local organizations for collective action, mapping formal and informal planning processes etc.;

• Implementation of M&E system;• Assessment of changes in climate risk

management; how well collective action for climate adaptation benefits the climate vulnerable poor; and

• Derive lessons for County level support of climate adaptation by local groups.

Status No action

Lead Agency The lead agency will be a county government, to be determined in consultation with the counties

Partner Agency

MENR, MODP

Stakeholders Lead agency to identify stakeholders; support from county-level stakeholders will be essential

status

Work on adaptation is taking place in Isiolo, Garissa, Kitui, Makueni and Wajir, which could potentially provide information and data for the case studies. The five counties have established county adaptation funds, and Makueni and Wajir have passed legislation for these funds that aim to enhance community resilience to climate change through prioritized and timely interventions.


The StARCK+ project provided support to the NDMA and ADA Consortium to assist the Governments of Isiolo, Garissa, Kitui, Makueni and Wajir to establish county adaptation funds.

http://www.adaconsortium.org


NPBM 9: Climate change relevant data repository

Title Climate change relevant data repository



Sector All sectors

Action Summary

Development of an on-line, geo-spatial data sharing system that will be a repository for the data sets and reports needed to quantify GHG emissions and measure adaptation outcomes. Additionally, generated reports need to be stored in an organized manner and readily available for use by government, civil society, donors, research community and the public. The actions include a user analysis, list of data custodians, status and relevance; categorization of relevant data assets; demonstration system; and protection of data and process for data access. This work is a sub-component of NPBM 1

Status No action

Lead Agency MENR

Partner Agency

NEMA, KFS, MALF, MOEP, MALF, KARI, MODP, KARI, DRSRS, WRMA, KMD

Stakeholders Universities, civil society, private sector

status

No action has been taken to develop an on-line geo-spatial data sharing system or repository for data sets and reports. Related work has been undertaken to establish a national forest Inventory and national land classification system to estimate removals and emissions from the LULUCF sector. This includes national forest resource mapping and SLEEK, an MRV system to estimate land-based emissions in Kenya. A geographic information services lab has been established to enable mapping and tracking of land cover change. NEMA has a list of information sources accessed to develop the SNC.


Support for SLEEK was provided by the Clinton Climate Initiative and the Government of Australia. Additional support of US$1 million for 2017-2018 is provided by the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency through the GEF as the financial mechanism for the UNFCCC. The Governments of Japan and Finland and the European Commission provide support to KFS for monitoring and reporting in forestry sector, including REDD+ readiness activities. Kenya has received support for REDD+ activities from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, the United Nations Forum on REDD+ and the Clinton Climate Initiative.

http://www.sleek.environment.go.ke


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