Kenya and Climate change
- Capital:
Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- The Adaptation Learning Mechanism
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- Search country-specific adaptation profiles from the Adaptation Learning Mechanism
- Translating famine early warning into early action: an east Africa case study
- J. Mosley / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2012
- This paper considers the political contexts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, how these affected the response to the 2011 Horn of Africa emergency, and the implications for future response. Although the Horn of Africa is often seen as a...
- Africa Adaptation Programme knowledge management needs survey report 2012
- A. Egan 2012
- This report is a broad assessment of the knowledge needs of the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) countries. It hopes to help these countries capture, share and capitalise on the wealth of climate- and development-related knowledge av...
- Report on fieldwork from around the world documenting loss and damage due to climate change
- K. Warner; K. van der Geest; S. Kreft / United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
- This study presents empirical findings from fieldwork around the world examining loss and damage caused by global warming. The report begins by defining and contextualising the emerging discourse on assessing, quantifying and reacting...
- IRENA handbook on renewable energy nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) for project developers and policy makers
- International Renewable Energy Agency, 2012
- This handbook focuses on the role that nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) can play in promoting renewable energy (RE) in developing countries. So far, over 50 countries have proposed NAMAs and a registry has been set up...
- The future of environmental sustainability in the Taita Hills, Kenya: assessing potential impacts of agricultural expansion and climate change
- E. Maeda / Fennia, 2012
- The indigenous cloud forests in the Taita Hills, Kenya, have suffered substantial degradation due to agricultural expansion. Currently, only one per cent of the original forested area remains preserved. Furthermore, climate change imp...
- Study examining vulnerable people's use of information dissemination pathways in semi-arid Kenya
- V. K. Cherotich; O. Saidu; B. O. Bebe / African Crop Science Society, 2012
- Despite being projected to face the greatest impact of climate change, vulnerable people of the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa have inadequate access to the support services and information they need to build their adaptive c...
- The politics of agricultural carbon finance: the case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
- J. O. Atela / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2012
- In the context of major scientific and policy concern with the causes and implications of climate change, various actors are now keen to demonstrate how agricultural carbon finance can help achieve multiple benefits or ‘triple wi...
- Alternative investment strategies for increasing resilience in the Horn of Africa
- D. Headey; A. S. Taffesse; L. You / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
- This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions...
- The climate investment funds: in action
- African Development Bank, 2012
- The Climate Investment Fund (CIF) provides developing countries with concessional loans, equity, grants and risk mitigation instruments to leverage financing from multilateral banks, the private sector and other sectors. The African D...
- Are food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Evidence from east Africa
- P. Kristjanson / Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012
- Smallholder farmers across east Africa have started to embrace climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies, according to this study by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research programme. At the same...
- ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins
- The ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins is devoted entirely to research on the tropical forest margins. ASB, which was founded as Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn in 1994, is currently focussed on reducing deforestation and emissions from land use change, including forestry and agriculture, while ensuring viable livelihoods and enhancing social and environmental co-benefits.The partnersh...
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
- Kenya's national institute for health science research
- Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)
- Research and dissemination institute in Kenya focussing on forrestry and sustainability
- Climate Network Africa
- African climate change network
- Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme, Kenya (ASB)
- Global collaborative programme to conserve forests and reduce poverty in the humid tropics
- African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
- Policy research and training organisation located in Nairobi
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme (UNEP)
- UNEP operates a number of gopher/WWW services, concentrating on different aspects of their agenda. The main services are the UNEP gopher, UNEP WWW, Geneva Secretariat WWW and the CEDAR gopher/WWW: (a) Main WWW/gopher: information on UNEP activities / programmes / personnel; International Directory Network database (see separate entry); UNEP Library catalogue; register of international environme...
