The economic impacts of climate change in Kenya

Welcome … This is the page for the Kenya National Advisory Committee for the DFID funded study on the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Kenya.

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Key project documents:

• Project method report for the study
• Project summary
• Presentation given at the public launch event 22nd January 2009

Final study reports and annexes:

• Kenya final launch presentation: The Economics of Climate Change in Kenya.

• Kenya final main report: The Economics of Climate Change in Kenya

• Kenya final main report: The Economics of Climate Change in Kenya. Executive Summary.
• Kenya project brochure with summary messages
• Kenya low carbon report. Full technical annex. Complete
• Kenya low carbon report. Full technical annex. Summary and TOC
• Kenya low carbon report. Full technical annex. Chapters 1 to 3
• Kenya low carbon report. Full technical annex. Chapter 4
• Kenya low carbon report. Full technical annex. Chapter 5
• Kenya low carbon report. Full technical annex. Chapter 6 and references

Case studies:

• Kenya – Riparian Floods case study
• Kenya – Mombasa and sea level rise case study
• Report on Adapting East African ecosystems and productive systems to climate change
• Tana River Basin: Adaptation case study (WEAP model)
• Turkana Wind Farm case study
• Kisumu, Kenya: SCC-VI Agroforestry case study
• Kenyan rangelands: African Conservation Centre case study
• Climate science and impacts

Sectoral reports:

• Kenya Water Sector Report
• Ecosystems Study for Kenya

This document analyses the effects of climate change on ecosystems in Kenya. It is structured in 3 sections:

Section 1 explains how ecosystems and ecosystem services play a vital role for human well-being.

Section 2 identifies patterns of change stressing ecosystems and influencing their vulnerability.

Section 3 explores the effects of climate change on ecosystem services and the possible implications for human well-being and development given two possible future pathways.

• Regional Ecosystems Study

This document analyses the effects of climate change on ecosystems at the regional level (East Africa):

Section 1 explains how ecosystems and ecosystem services play a vital role for human well-being.

Section 2 identifies patterns of change stressing ecosystems and influencing their vulnerability. This section also analyses the climate-sensitivity of most vulnerable ecosystems in the region.

Section 3 explores the effects of climate change on ecosystem services and the possible implications for human well-being and development given two possible future pathways for East Africa.

Section 4 shifts focus from climate change impacts on ecosystems and services to exploring the role and value of ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation.

Other outputs:

• Initial National Communication.

This 1st National Communication is the main output of the enabling activity project; Kenya: Enabling Activities for the Preparation of Initial National Communication Related to the UNFCCC, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Other examples:

Possible climate analogue 2050 for Nairobi

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• Possible climate analogue 2050 for Nairobi

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AdaptCost: Analysis of the Economic Costs of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

Adaptation “landscapes” or “signatures“

The economics of climate change in East Africa:

• The economic impacts of climate change in Burundi
• The economic impacts of climate change in Rwanda
• The economic impacts of climate change in Kenya

ClimateCost: The Full Costs of Climate Change