Kenya National Adaptation Plan_2015-2030

Kenya, like other African countries, is bearing the brunt of climate variability and change; hence the need for a  coordinated approach to address related vulnerabilities and risks. Adaptation and resilience remain Kenya’s, and  indeed Africa’s priority response to climate change. This was affirmed by the 15 th African Ministerial Conference  on the Environment (AMCEN) that, in the build-up to the Paris Agreement of December 2015, called for “a global  goal for adaptation which takes into account adaptation needs and associated costs, including support for developing countries, while recognizing the need to increase adaptation investments in developing nations” and  “an ambitious global mitigation action in the long-run, combined with large-scale, rapidly increasing and predictable funding for adaptation.” AMCEN recommended that investment in building resilience must continue to be a top funding priority, including as an integral part of national development planning. This resonates well with Kenya’s approach of mainstreaming climate adaptation in national and county (sub-national) development planning.