National Climate Change Response Strategy

National Climate Change Action Plan 2013 -2017

Law passed

The National Climate Change Response Strategy outlines its objectives as to :</div><ul><li>Enhance the understanding of the global climate change regime, negotiation process and develop priorities for Kenya</li><li>Assess the evidence and impacts of climate change in Kenya</li><li>Recommend adaptation and mitigation measures</li><li>Develop assessment and capacity building frameworks</li><li>Recommend research and technological needs</li><li>Develop a conducive and enabling policy, legal and institutional framework</li><li>Provide a concrete action plan combined with resource mobilisation plan</li></ul><div><br></div><div>Actions mentioned in the strategy include:</div><ul><li>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</li><li>Establishing a national climate awareness campaign, and incorporating climate change in school curriculum within Information and awareness building</li><li>Technology development through CDM or other options, accelerating south-south partnerships in technology</li><li>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.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>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). The 2013-2017 Climate Change Action Plan was replaced in May 2018 by the National Climate Change Action Plan 2018-2022.