Climate change is adversely affecting Kenya through increased temperatures, erratic rainfall, and drought. With USAID support, Kenya is developing crucial climate change policies and legislation, such as the Climate Change Policy Frame Work, Climate Change Bill, and the National Climate Change Finance Policy and Budget Codes. In addition, over $13 million private finance will be leveraged through USAID’s Power Africa initiative to support household access to renewable energy and connection to the national grid. USAID has also partnered with scientific organizations to build the capacity of Kenyan institutions to use climate data for improved decision-making.

Climate Change Information

• Climate Risk Profile: Kenya (2018, 5 pages)
• GHG Emissions Factsheet: Kenya (2017, 3 pages)
• Climate Vulnerability Profile: Kenya (2013, 2 pages)
• Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya (2012, 4 pages)

• Climate Risks in Food for Peace Geographies: Kenya (2019, 13 pages)

USAID Activities

• Building Climate Change Resilience and Food Security
• Final Performance Evaluation Report for Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity
• The Feasibility of Low Emissions Development Interventions for the East African Livestock Sector: Lessons from Kenya and Ethiopia
• Compilation of Three Climate Change Research Reports: Ghana, Kenya, and Burkina Faso
• PREPARED Project Factsheet: Data Sharing Allows Rangers to Better Monitor Wildlife
• Climatelinks Blog: Quantifying Benefits from Large-Scale Wind Power: A New Case Study in Kenya
• Climatelinks Blog: From shorelines to data: Climatelinks Champion Chihenyo Kangara dives right in
• Climatelinks Blog: Understanding Pathways to Increased Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa
• Frontlines Story: Insuring the Most Vulnerable Against a World of Risk
• Frontlines Story: East Africa's Dryland Herders Take Out a Policy for Survival
• Frontlines Story: Thinking Spatially with an Eye in the Sky
• Impact Blog: Solar Lamps Shed Light in Rural Communities
• Impact Blog: NASA Earth Data Jumpstarts World's Aspiring Researchers
• Success Story: Kenyans Adapt to Climate Change 50 Shillings At a Time
• See USAID IDEA indicator compilation for Kenya: climate, energy, environment and more
• Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Mara River Basin
• Vulnerability Profile: Nyangores Subcatchment of the Mara River Basin

Country Plans & Commitments

• Intended Nationally Determined Contribution country profile on CAIT