Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development

The Government of Kenya has integrated its climate adaptation, disaster risk management, and sustainable development goals through a systemic alignment of policy frameworks. Central to this is the National Climate Change Action Plan 2018–2022 (NCCAP), which serves as the implementation vehicle for both the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) 2015–2030 and the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The document highlights that while strategic alignment exists in policy documents, further opportunities for enhancement lie in improving coordination mechanisms, sharing climate risk information, harmonizing financing strategies, and coordinating monitoring and evaluation systems.

• Kenya has achieved systemic alignment between its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) 2015–2030 and its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), as the NAP provides the foundational information for the adaptation priorities within the NDC.
• The National Climate Change Action Plan 2018–2022 (NCCAP) acts as the primary implementation plan for both the NAP and NDC, purposefully aligning them with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and disaster risk reduction agendas.
• The NCCAP 2018–2022 identifies seven priority climate action areas to deliver on the NAP and NDC, including disaster risk management, food and nutrition security, health, sanitation and human settlements, forestry, wildlife and tourism, manufacturing, water and the blue economy, and energy and transport.
• Kenya utilizes SDG indicators as proxy measures to track national progress on climate adaptation and disaster risk management within the NCCAP framework.
• The Third Medium Term Plan 2018–2022 of Kenya Vision 2030 has mainstreamed the SDGs and treats climate change and disaster risk management as thematic crosscutting areas.
• Institutional coordination is facilitated by the National Climate Change Council, chaired by the President, and the National Adaptation Coordination Committee, which oversees the NAP, NDC, and NCCAP.
• Opportunities to enhance alignment include the creation of a multistakeholder advisory group for NCCAP reporting, the establishment of the National Climate Change Resource Centre as a climate risk information repository, and the operationalization of the Climate Change Fund to harmonize financing.

APA

Murphy, D. (2019). Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-en-2019-alignment-casestudy-kenya.pdf

Chicago

Murphy, Deborah. Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-en-2019-alignment-casestudy-kenya.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{murphy2019coordinating, author = {Murphy, Deborah}, title = {{Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-en-2019-alignment-casestudy-kenya.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }