Review Of Kenyas National Policies Relevant To Climate Change Adaptation And Mitigation

Author : Paul O Ongugo
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6021504453
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A review of Kenya’s national policies relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation written by Paul O Ongugo and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change will impact many sectors of the economy: rural agriculture, biodiversity, hydrology, etc. Farmers are particularly affected since agriculture, livestock, fisheries, horticulture and agroforestry depend on specific soil, rainfall and temperature conditions. Mt. Elgon’s ecosystem is well known for its agricultural production hence our choice to study how the implementation of environmental policies affect the livelihoods of local communities.

Author : Paul O. Ongugo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Review of Kenya's National Policies Relevant to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation written by Paul O. Ongugo and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abwoli Y Banana
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 602150447X
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A review of Uganda’s national policies relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation written by Abwoli Y Banana and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is expected to bring new challenges and opportunities for the livelihoods of rural communities in Uganda, where more than 80% of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture. The purpose of this review was to analyze national policies on climate change adaptation, agriculture, forests, management of forested and agroforested landscape ecosystems and their goods and services, and the roles of stakeholders in the national arena. Recognizing the role of forest cover in climate change mitigation and adaptation, this review is based on stakeholder engagement and analysis of published literature on the policy, institutional and socioeconomic drivers of forest cover change around Mount Elgon. The bulk of Uganda’s forests are on land under private ownership and deforestation has occurred mainly in such forests. Several national laws and international conventions ratified by Uganda offer a framework under which forests are managed. Management of protected forests is shared between central and local authorities. Several natural resource policies are likely to have significant unintended impacts that may enable or limit the adaptation of stakeholders and ecosystems to climate change. The current climate change policy, which is an overarching document that addresses climate change in Uganda, suggests that policy responses, either sector specific or crosscutting in nature, be harmonized in order to better address the challenges associated with climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Author : Laichena, J.
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kenya agricultural policy profile written by Laichena, J. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper aims to provide an overview of Kenyan policies related to agriculture and climate change adaptation and mitigation in preparation for the Kenya National Policy Dialogue on 12 November 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Dialogue is a joint programme with CGIAR Initiative on Diversification of East and Southern Africa led by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Southern Africa, the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) South Africa, and the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) Kenya. The paper provides an overview of the economic and administrative profile of the country and general overview of the country’s economic status and agricultural and climate change policies that will be critically debated during the Dialogue.

Author : Abwoli Y. Banana
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Review of Uganda's National Policies Relevant to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation written by Abwoli Y. Banana and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian Burton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521617604
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change written by Ian Burton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation is a process by which individuals, communities and countries seek to cope with the consequences of climate change. The process of adaptation is not new; the idea of incorporating future climate risk into policy-making is. While our understanding of climate change and its potential impacts has become clearer, the availability of practical guidance on adaptation has not kept pace. The development of the Adaptation Policy Framework (APF) is intended to help provide the rapidly evolving process of adaptation policy-making with a much-needed roadmap. Ultimately, the purpose of the APF is to support adaptation processes to protect - and enhance - human well-being in the face of climate change. This volume will be invaluable for everyone working on climate change adaptation and policy-making.

Author : Lydia A. Omuko-Jung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya written by Lydia A. Omuko-Jung and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change adaptation has not received much attention as mitigation, with financing mechanisms concentrating climate change mitigation. This is however changing considering the current climate negotiations emphasis on adaptation being treated with the same urgency as mitigation. Kenya is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, calling for urgent adaptation measures. It has various sectorial policies that deal with adaptation. It introduced a Climate Adaptation Fund to fund adaptation at the county level and its environmental agency was accredited in March 2012 and has already submitted adaptation fund project. Based on this background, the paper examines mechanisms in place to finance adaptation, to access international adaptation fund and whether the mechanisms are sufficient. Kenya will need to put up mechanisms to promote adaptation funding, including policies that promote private investment in adaptation measures.

Author : Stephane Hallegatte
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464806748
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shock Waves written by Stephane Hallegatte and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.

Author : Signe Krogstrup
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513511955
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Macroeconomic and Financial Policies for Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Literature written by Signe Krogstrup and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of this century. Mitigation requires a large-scale transition to a low-carbon economy. This paper provides an overview of the rapidly growing literature on the role of macroeconomic and financial policy tools in enabling this transition. The literature provides a menu of policy tools for mitigation. A key conclusion is that fiscal tools are first in line and central, but can and may need to be complemented by financial and monetary policy instruments. Some tools and policies raise unanswered questions about policy tool assignment and mandates, which we describe. The literature is scarce, however, on the most effective policy mix and the role of mitigation tools and goals in the overall policy framework.

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783030451059
Total Pages : 2838 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 2838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is that this book will be a lead publication on the topic, which may be regularly updated and hence capture further works. Climate change is a major global challenge. However, some geographical regions are more severly affected than others. One of these regions is the African continent. Due to a combination of unfavourable socio-economic and meteorological conditions, African countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The recently released IPCC special report "Global Warming of 1.5o C" outlines the fact that keeping global warming by the level of 1.5o C is possible, but also suggested that an increase by 2o C could lead to crises with crops (agriculture fed by rain could drop by 50% in some African countries by 2020) and livestock production, could damage water supplies and pose an additonal threat to coastal areas. The 5th Assessment Report produced by IPCC predicts that wheat may disappear from Africa by 2080, and that maize— a staple—will fall significantly in southern Africa. Also, arid and semi-arid lands are likely to increase by up to 8%, with severe ramifications for livelihoods, poverty eradication and meeting the SDGs. Pursuing appropriate adaptation strategies is thus vital, in order to address the current and future challenges posed by a changing climate. It is against this background that the "African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation" is being published. It contains papers prepared by scholars, representatives from social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects in Africa, and working with communities across the African continent. Encompassing over 100 contribtions from across Africa, it is the most comprehensive publication on climate change adaptation in Africa ever produced.