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
- Practical and evidence-based policy actions to achieve food security in the context of climate change
- J. Beddington (ed); M. Asaduzzaman (ed); M. Clark (ed) / Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012
- This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change. It reasons that w...
- A better climate for disaster risk management
- M. E. Hellmuth / International Research Institute for Climate and Society, 2012
- This document highlights recent advances in the use of climate information to manage risks and improve livelihoods, such as new partnerships and user-designed information platforms. It draws together and analyzes experiences from 17 c...
- Improving Farmer Adaptive Capacity by Integrating Local and Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Forecasting and Adaptive Response
- W. Ndegwa / International Development Research Centre, 2010
- Providing location-specific and easily understood climate forecasts can enhance farmers’ capacity to use climate forecasts to manage risk. The project ‘Managing risk, reducing vulnerability and enhancing agricultural product...
- Visions of life with climate change: community photostories from Namibia, Tanzania, and Kenya
- M. Edkins 2011
- Africa is one of the most exposed continents to the impacts of climate change. Its effects will be the most visible and have widespread consequences for the livelihoods of rural communities. To minimise the vulnerability of communitie...
- Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability in East Africa: A case study on the use of CARE's Climate Change Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) Methodology within the Global Water Initiative East Africa Programme
- Care Climate Change Information Centre, 2011
- This case study analyses the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology. The assessment was carried out within CARE’s framewo...
- Adaptation Learning Programme in Kenya: A Snapshot of the Climate Change Impact on the Munyo Yaya Community
- Care Climate Change Information Centre, 2011
- This short publication provides a case study of how climate change is impacting on the pastoral agricultural community of Munyo Yaya in a settlement in Northern Kenya. It explains through the voices of members of the Munyo Yaya commun...
- Environmental Suitability and Agro-Environmental Zoning of Kenya for Biofuel Production
- B. Muok / African Centre for Technology Studies, 2010
- When produced in a sustainable and equitable manner, biofuels can increase Kenya’s energy self sufficiency, support rural development as well as reduce deforestation and GHG emissions compared to fossil fuels. The output of this ...
- Gender, improved cook stoves and development in Kenya: a literature review
- Sustainable Community Development Services, 2010
- Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals requires urgent action to increase energy access and supply, improve energy efficiency and enhance energy management and institutions. A big investment is required to meet the growing en...
- Climate Risk Management through Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
- E. Nkonya / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
- This paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) explores the adaptation benefits of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices at the local and landscape levels based on case studies in Kenya, Uganda...
- Adaptation to Climate Change for Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: Community-Based Perspectives from Five Districts
- C. Roncoli / AfricaAdapt, 2010
- This study is part of a project on Adaptation to Climate Change of Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya which aims to support policymakers’ efforts to promote adaptation to climate change by determining where major hotspots of vulner...
- 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...
