Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan and the Private Sector

This briefing note examines the Government of Kenya's National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2013-2017, focusing on how the private sector can implement mitigation and adaptation strategies across various economic sectors to foster a low-carbon, climate-resilient development pathway.

• The National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2013-2017, launched in March 2013, aims for a low carbon climate resilient development pathway by creating green jobs, reducing disaster risks, and leveraging private sector investment and international finance.
• In the agriculture, livestock, and fisheries sector, livestock was responsible for approximately 90 per cent of the sector's emissions, which overall accounted for about 30 per cent of Kenya's total emissions in 2010.
• Private sector entities in the energy and petroleum sector have implemented significant renewable energy projects, including Oserian Flower Farm's US$ 12 million geothermal plant and Mumias Sugar Company's 35 MW bagasse cogeneration project.
• Energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing and hotel industries have led to cost savings of approximately US$ 116 million and a potential 68 MW reduction in energy consumption since 2007, with potential savings of Ksh 10 billion identified across more than 200 audited companies.
• The ICT sector supports climate adaptation through 'smart' applications, such as Kilimo Salama—a partnership between Safaricom, UAP Insurance, and the Syngenta Foundation—which provides insurance to small-scale farmers via the M-Pesa platform.
• The mining sector, which currently contributes less than 1 per cent to GDP, presents low-carbon opportunities through the use of clean coal technologies, utilizing natural gas by-products from oil production instead of flaring, and allocating royalties to a climate change fund.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2014). Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan and the Private Sector. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Climate-Change-Action-Plan.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan and the Private Sector. 2014. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Climate-Change-Action-Plan.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2014kenyas, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan and the Private Sector}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2014}, month = apr, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Climate-Change-Action-Plan.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }