Challenges on Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya.

1. Challenges on Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya. A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

2. 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 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 Thematic Overview of Kenya Vision 2030 A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

3. 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. A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

4. 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 A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

5. 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. A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

6. 4. Environmental Planning and Governance • Focal points: • Building institutional capacity in environmental Planning • Improving the impact of environmental governance • General Goal: • To integrate planning approaches and improve overall governance of the environment • Specific goals: • Increase coverage of spatial data-land use /land cover • Enforce all environmental regulations and standards • Attract at least 5 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects per year A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

7. EnvironmentalPlanning andgovernancecont’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 A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

8. 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 A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROSPEROUS KENYA

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