National Climate Change Response Strategy 2010 As implemented by 2013-2017 Climate Change Action Plan
The National Climate Change Response Strategy outlines its objectives as to :
• Enhance the understanding of the global climate change regime, negotiation process and develop priorities for Kenya
• Assess the evidence and impacts of climate change in Kenya
• Recommend adaptation and mitigation measures
• Develop assessment and capacity building frameworks
• Recommend research and technological needs
• Develop a conducive and enabling policy, legal and institutional framework
• Provide a concrete action plan combined with resource mobilisation plan
Actions mentioned in the strategy include:
• Promoting orphan crops, agricultural produce post harvest processing, storage and value added, breeding of animals from various agro-ecological zones that adapt well to climatic variances and providing special livestock insurance within Adaptation
• Establishing a national climate awareness campaign, and incorporating climate change in school curriculum within Information and awareness building
• Technology development through CDM or other options, accelerating south-south partnerships in technology
• Dedicated climate directorate within the Ministry of Environment and a National Climate Change Steering Committee and a Climate Change Activities Co-ordinating Committee within the Institutional framework.
The Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources in conjunction with donor partners, further developed the Action Plan that provides a platform for the implementation of the 2010 National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS).
The Plan addresses eight action areas identified by the NCCRS, in addition to including a new subcomponent focusing on co-ordination. It defines clear measures on adaptation and mitigation to climate change across a wide range of issues, bringing an important contribution to the development of Kenya’s legal and political framework in this realm. The 2013-2017 Climate Change Action Plan fits in the Kenya 2030 Vision, a long-term development plan adopted by the government in 2008. Implemented in successive five year plans, the 2030 vision is comprises three pillars (economic, social, and political).
