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
- Protecting indigenous communities and traditional knowledge through the common principles of customary laws of reciprocity, duality and equilibrium
- K. Swiderska (ed); A. Argumedo (ed); R. Pant (ed) / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2009
- For indigenous peoples around the world, traditional knowledge (TK) based on natural resources forms the basis of their culture and identity, and yet it is under threat. Indigenous communities are increasingly vulnerable to eviction, ...
- Review and analysis of existing drought risk reduction policies and programmes in Kenya.
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2008
- This study entail review and analysis of existing national level Disaster Risk Reduction policies and programmes including those of the Kenya government, bilateral and multi-lateral agencies as well as non-governmental organizations. ...
- Averting future food crises in the Horn of Africa
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2011
- The Horn of Africa’s most serious drought in decades has brought severe humanitarian consequences. Much of the suffering could have been avoided, and in a region plagued by recurrent drought, the greatest challenge today is prev...
- Access to energy in Africa: impacts of climate change
- F. Denton (ed) / Arid Lands Information Network, 2011
- Modern energy services are essential for reducing poverty. Countries need energy to increase economic production, which improves livelihood options for women and men. Energy is also needed to increase agricultural productivity, provid...
- The implications of climate change on the poor in Africa cities
- I. Douglas; K. Alam; M. Maghenda / Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
- Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters on steep, unstable hillsides, or ...
- Survivors?: Pastoralists in a changing climate
- Arid Lands Information Network, 2011
- Pastoralism is a free-range livestock production system. It is practised in all of Africa’s dryland regions, and in some communities it is the main source of food security and income. But will pastoralism survive in the changing...
- Developing free drought-tolerant varieties allow African farmers unwilling to pay market prices to access the potential benefits
- T.J. Dalton; M. Yesuf; L. Muhammad / AgEcon Search, 2011
- Recent projections on the impact of climate change argue that eastern and southern Africa will experience dramatic reductions in maize yields by mid?century. This research paper argues that such studies have not taken farmer adaptatio...
- Factoring in gender in African climate change adaptation
- G. Adeniji (ed) / Arid Lands Information Network, 2011
- Gender often dictates who gains and who loses in environmental disasters: where women lack basic rights, more will die from natural disasters than men; where they enjoy equal rights, the death rate is the same. Global debates therefor...
- The causal link between armed clashes and scare natural-resources in Kenya
- O.M. Theisen / International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2010
- This study analyses the relationship between armed clashes and scarce natural resources in Kenya, using disaggregated data on development, resources, population concentration, and ethnic composition. The main findin...
- Promoting cleaner and efficient use of energy by enhancing the use of renewable energy for industrial applications
- United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2010
- Renewable energy has become a viable option for enhancing access to energy at most places through on/off grid electrification, both in urban and rural areas, and promoting productive uses and industrial applications in energy intensiv...
- 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...
