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Challenges on
Climate Change
Adaptation in
Kenya.
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Thematic Overview of Kenya Vision 2030
Overarching Vision
A globally competitive and
prosperous nation with a high
quality of life by 2030
Economic
To maintain a
sustainable
economic
growth of 10%
p.a over the
next 25 years
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Social
A just and Cohesive
society enjoying
equitable social
Development in a
clean and secure
environment
Political
An issue based,
people centered,
result oriented
and accountable
Democratic
political society
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• Environmental and social Challenges in Kenya.
• Sustainable management of natural resources
– Land, Water, Forests, and diseases
• Increase in population means
• Food security for 40 mio. People prone to famine.
• Water for households, irrigation and industry
• Resource use conflicts and urbanization.
• Obstacles to development in a climate changed reality
– Uncoordinated policies
– Inadequate coordination between land and water agencies
– Insufficient flow of information between stakeholders and
government
– Invasive species.
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1. Conservation
• Focal Points
– Intensification of sustainable conservation of strategic
resources
• Forests,water towers, wildlife and marine ecosystems.
– Achievement of 10% forest cover
Goal for 2012: increase current forest cover by 50%
Strategies;
• Rehabilitation of degraded watersheds while promoting
on-farm forestry
• Implementation of compensation for environmental
services to include carbon markets
• Develop sustainable land use policy
• Intensify conservation of coastal,mangrove, and marine
ecosystems
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3. ASALs and High-risk Disaster Zones
• Goals for 2012:
– Substantially reduce losses due to floods and
droughts
– Establish a system to monitor national trends and
impacts of climate change and desertification
– Pilot programmes on climate change and
desertification
– Increase agricultural production.
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4. Environmental Planning and Governance
a. Focal points:
– Building institutional capacity in environmental
Planning
– Improving the impact of environmental
governance
b. General Goal:
– To integrate planning approaches and improve
overall governance of the environment
• Specific goals:
1. Increase coverage of spatial data-land use /land cover
2. Enforce all environmental regulations and standards
3. Attract at least 5 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects
per year
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Environmental Planning and governance cont’d
d. Flagship Projects
– Environmental education and awareness
– Waste management programme
– National mapping of pollution sources
– Nairobi rivers basin programme
– Clean Development Mechanisms
– Enforcement of environmental regulation
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Environmental Planning and Governance cont’d
e. Initiatives
– Carbon offset schemes
– Disaster Preparedness
– Capacity for environmental and natural
information management
– Use of market-based environmental instruments
– Sustainable development indicators/realization
– Nairobi river basin initiative
– Coastal zone and marine assessment
– Farmland and dryland tree planting initiative
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