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
- Exploring the potential for low-carbon energy projects for development in Sub-Saharan Africa
- C. Gouvello (ed); F. Dayo (ed); M. Thioye (ed) / World Bank, 2008
- Sub-Saharan Africa has an opportunity of choosing a cleaner development pathway via low-carbon energy alternatives that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. African countries stand to benefit from financial instruments like the ...
- Building an integrated approach to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation
- R. Few; H. Osbahr; L. Bouwer / European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustaina, 2006
- This report presents a cross-cutting summary of country study findings and workshop deliberations on linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk management for sustainable poverty reduction. It uses examples from Mexico, Kenya...
- How can communities manage the increasing risk of, and vulnerability to, disasters resulting from climate change?
- F. B. Olorunfemi (ed) / Arid Lands Information Network, 2010
- Disaster risk and climate change – two of the greatest challenges currently facing humankind – adversely reinforce each other. In the coming decades, climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of na...
- The need for individual and institutional adaptation to climate change in coastal Mombasa
- C. B. Awour; V. A. Orindi; A. O. Adwera / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
- This paper discusses the risks that the city of Mombasa faces from the direct and indirect impacts of climate change. The city has a history of disasters related to climate extremes including floods, which cause serious damage nearly ...
- Case studies on community participation in building climate change resilience
- S. Moss / ProVention Consortium, 2009
- Local Voices Global Choices is an interagency initiative supported by Action aid, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), International federation of the Red Cross, Oxfam, Practical ...
- Adapting to the impact of climate change on African food security
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the most food-insecure region in the world. Climate change could aggravate the situation further unless adequate measures are put in place. Dealing with these impacts requires measures that will mi...
- How can pastoralists adapt to climate change?
- Mary Kirkbride; Richard Grahn / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to unpredictable environments for thousands of years. But poverty and a lack of basic services reduce their ability to cope with climate change. Whether pastoralists can adapt to, or take...
- Drought coping mechanisms in Kenya are unsustainable
- Thomas A. Smucker; Ben Wisner / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- In 2006, the government of Kenya declared drought to be a national disaster affecting 3.5 million people. This is not a new problem. During the last 30 years, Kenya has experienced several national drought-related food emergencies inc...
- Planning and managing the impacts of climate change on human migration
- M. Couldrey (ed); M. Herson (ed) / Forced Migration Review, 2008
- In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming one of the major policy challenges...
- Climate change, vulnerability and adaptation
- S. Eriksen; K. O'Brian; L. Rosentrater / Global Environmental Change and Human Security International Project Office, 2008
- In its most recent assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that all of Africa is likely to warm during this century, with the drier subtropical regions warming more than the moist tropics. Annual rainfall is...
- 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...
