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

The document outlines the role of the private sector in achieving Kenya's low carbon climate resilient development pathway as defined in the National Climate Change Action Plan 2013-2017. It details sector-specific opportunities for mitigation and adaptation, highlighting existing private sector investments in geothermal power, bagasse cogeneration, and solar panel assembly. The briefing emphasizes that the plan creates new market opportunities and cost savings for businesses across agriculture, energy, ICT, and urban development.

• The agriculture, livestock and fisheries sector was a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in 2010, accounting for approximately 30 per cent of Kenya's total, with the livestock sector contributing about 90 per cent of those emissions.
• Private sector entities in the energy and petroleum sector have implemented renewable energy projects, including Oserian Flower Farm's US$ 12 million geothermal plant providing 98 per cent of its electricity and Mumias Sugar Company's 35 MW bagasse cogeneration project.
• Energy efficiency measures and audits conducted since 2007 have resulted in total cost savings of approximately US$ 116 million and a potential reduction in energy consumption of 68 MW, according to the Kenya Association of Manufacturers.
• In the ICT sector, the Kilimo Salama partnership between Safaricom, UAP Insurance, and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture uses the M-Pesa platform to provide insurance to small-scale farmers against drought or excess rain.
• The mining sector, which currently contributes less than one per cent to GDP, presents low carbon opportunities such as using natural gas by-products from oil production instead of flaring and employing clean coal technologies.
• Ubbink, a European firm, established the first solar module manufacturing site in the East African community in Naivasha in 2011, choosing Kenya due to its infrastructure, skilled labour, and regional accessibility.

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} }