CLIMATE CHANGE DIRECTORATE

CATEGORY: Government
CSA PROJECT: National climate change registry of
mitigation, adaptation and enabling actions
SCALE: National Coordination actions
LOCATION: N/A
PERIOD OF THE PROJECT: 2013-Current
GRANT SIZE OF THE PROJECT: —-

Summary of Actions

The Climate Change Directorate (CCD)is a department of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Kenya. The department is involved in coordination, development and implementation of adaptation and mitigation policies, strategies and plans on climate smart agriculture (CSA) to enhance adaptation and mitigation actions in the country. Key guiding principles of the department are the polluter pay principle and the precautionary principle among others.

Context

Climate change adversely affects the economic growth of Kenya. Kenya is most vulnerable to climate change impacts due to the high climate sensitivity coupled with low adaptive capacity and high levels of poverty.The government in ist effort to reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience set up the Climate Change Directorate to coordinate climate change actions.

Objective

To promote climate change mitigation and adaptation plans to ensure a low-carbon resilient economy.

Key Interventions

FARM LEVEL TARGET (NO OF FARMERS) INDICATORS MONITORED
Policy and
Advocacy		 Climate change focal
points		 – Delivery of the Climate change Action Plan and the National Climate Change Response Strategy

Participation In Key Climate & Agriculture Networks

The organisation is a member of the Climate Smart Agriculture Multistakeholder Platform

Involvement in CSA

Relevance of CSA MSP to Work

  • Coordination and policy development
  • It provides a coordination platform to know and understand what is being done
    by different stakeholders in the country and enable effective policy guidance

Recommendation On Ways To Support MSP

  • Developing specific climate smart agriculture policies, legislations, strategies, plans, ones
  • Dissemination of climate smart agriculture knowledge and technologies
  • Developing capacities of key actors involved in climate smart agriculture implementation
  • Mobilizing actors and facilitating dialogue on climate smart agriculture issues/actions?
  • Monitoring, evaluation and audit of climate smart agriculture aspects to enhance accountability
  • Coordination of CSA actions

LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF CSA PROJECT

There is need to learn from different stakeholders in the country to provide effective policies

RELEVANT LINKS & REFERENCES

Ministry of Environment

ORGANISATION INFORMATION AND CONTACT ADRESS INCASE OF FOLLOW UP

Name: Thomas Lerenten
Email address: lerenten12@gmail.com
Organisational Physical address: Ministry of Environment And Forestry, Nhif Building,12th Floor,
Ragati Road, Upperhill
Organisational Website: www.environment.go.ke