Marsabit County is located in the extreme part of northern Kenya and has a total area of 70,961.2 sq. km.
The Marsabit County is characterized by arid and
semi-arid conditions faced numerous challenges exacerbated by climate
change. The County is exceptionally extreme vulnerable to impacts of a
changing climate given that most livelihoods and Economic activities are
intricately tied to climate sensitive sectors. In recognition to critical
importance of addressing climate change actions the County Government of
Marsabit through Department of Water, Environment, Climate Change and NRM has
embrace locally led climate change adaptation through financing locally led
climate change actions (FLLoCa). In partnership with FLLoCA (which is World
Bank funded project) the sector successfully implemented locally led climate
change action through:
v Policy and Legal Framework to guide
and facilitate
1.
Developed
Marsabit County Climate Change Adaptation Policy 2019
2.
Developed
Marsabit County Climate Change Fund Act 2020
a.
The Act set
aside 2% of the development budget to finance locally led climate change
climate adaptation and mitigation projects and programs
3.
Establishment
and strengthening of structures to guide locally led climate change actions; 3
structures
a.
County Climate
Change of Steering Committees (CCCSC)- Provide leadership and guidance
b.
County Climate Change Planning Committee (CCCPC)-To provide technical
support
c.
Ward climate
change planning Committee (WCCPCs)- Implement locally led climate change
actions at respective wards
Achievements:
1.
Established and
capacity building of WCCPCs
2.
Formation of
wards committee in all 20 wards done-
2022
3.
Development of
Climate Change training manual- July 2023
4.
Training done
for the WCCPCs- Training done are:
a.
Introduction to
climate change concept at local context
b.
Hazards, risk,
and Vulnerability associated with Climate Change
c.
Proposal
writing skills
d.
Contingency
planning, utilization of early warning information and reporting
e.
Project
implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
f.
Participatory
Climate Risk Assessment
5.
Developed
Marsabit County Climate Change Action Plan (MCCCAP) 2023-2027
6.
Process is to
come up with Participatory Climate Risk Assessment (PCRA)
a.
Training of
ToTs on PCRA
b.
ToTs taking led
to roll out PCRA at ward level
c.
ToTS
consolidate PCRA report
d.
PCRA report
feeds in to coming up of MCCCAP 2023-2027
7.
Launching of
MCCCAP during lake Turkana Cultural Festival (25th November 2023) By H.E Dr William
Ruto; Kenyan President
8.
Validation of
MCCCAP
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Marsabit County is located in the extreme part of northern Kenya and has a total area of 70,961.2 sq. km.
