Transcript ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into
Sustainable Development Planning in Southern and Eastern Africa:
KENYA Pilot Country - Makueni
African Centre for Technology Studies
Kenya Centre for Science and Technology (CIST)
African Centre for Technology Studies
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Presented by UNEP DGEF
Sub-regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points
Nairobi, 14-15 May 2007
Project framework
 Objective: To integrate climate change in
sustainable development planning to reduce
vulnerability to climate change
 Piloting mainstreaming methodology: Field
component, policy component, up-scaling
(into policy) component
 Three pilots are underway in Kenya,
Mozambique, Rwanda
Project Preparation: Involving policy actors up front
 Policy specialists wrote 5 technical papers at the beginning together
with climate experts
 Regional workshop was held based on these plus country work plans
developed, including policy process
 Three countries selected based link to climate impacts as well as
policy receptiveness and feasibility
 Pilot project designed based on model for policy driven research and
information
 The Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL) policy group were selected in
Kenya
 Representative from President’s office (ASAL) active member of
country team
Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change
into Drought Management (GEF Project add on to ASAL)
Policy Context for the Kenyan Pilot Project
1)
Sessional paper No 6 of 1999 on Environment and Development
implemented through the National Environment Management
Authority (NEMA) for unified guidelines towards achieving
sustainable development
2)
Sessional paper on sustainable development of Arid and Semi- arid
lands (ASAL)- Finalized in July 2005, an intiative of ALRMP.
3)
The National Disaster Management Policy.
Full implementation of these policies require pilot studies to prove
their usefulness. The project will test the principles outlined in the
policies and suggest ways of improvement.
The Kenya project
3 Components:
• Identifying areas of ASAL where climate change
should be factored in and engage those
responsible
• Testing climate adaptation measures on the
ground and measure results and added value to
ASAL
• Give feed back to policy makers for policy
improvement
Measures being tested for uptake by ASAL
1. Downscaling meteorological information to
farmers through extension workers - farmers
use this information for timing of planting,
fertilization and seed selection
2. Increasing seed varieties for climate
resilience, intercropping etc.
3. Water retention and efficiency measures
How is feedback given to policy makers?
 Policy makers from the Office of the President
(National Academy of Sciences) is involved in
the project - he is one of the authors of the
ASAL policy document.
 Tools identified in technical papers
 Integration may happen into the implementation
plan and through the budgeting framework at
central or local level.
Conclusions
 Policies that are placed on paper need to be
coupled with ground testing at community level
 Deliberate proactive steps must be taken so that
such grass-root projects actually inform policy - it
does not happen automatically
 Demonstration project started in 2006 - so impact
is yet to be felt
 Practices being replicated by neighbours to
project site and early uptake by policy makers
Thank you