Accelerating Inclusive Climate Action Towards Urgent Adaptation Plan

By Matilda Atieno The County Government in partnership with the Youth Women Christian Association ( YWCA) held a community engagement forum in a deliberate effort to address climate change actions and inclusion, targeting the vulnerable groups ( Women, PWDs, youth and the elderly) in the ward level. The project targets 5 ward climate change committees
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EXPERTISE FRANCE: Economic and social assessment of climate change in Kisumu County

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Looking Into the Future of Solid Waste Management in Kisumu

The County Directorate of Climate Change together with Expertise France kicked off a waste separation sensitization drive for schools to educate children on the importance of waste segregation at source to aid the waste management process. Initiating this drive under the school greening project the directorate has introduced a solution that guides students in the
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ADRELO Project Stakeholders Dissemination Workshop for Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno The county government in partnership with the University of Nairobi (UON) and De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) organized a two days stakeholders dissemination workshop on Advancing Resilience in Low-Income Housing Using Climate Change Science and Big Data Analytics (ADRELO) project, set for implementation in Kabonyo Kanyagwal ward, Ogenya sub-location in Kadibo sub-county
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Validation of Participatory Climate Risk Assessment and Development of Local Adaptation Strategies for Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu County experiences extreme climate events that are becoming more common and severe, causing climate vulnerability, bearing in mind its tropical climate, which ensures two rainy seasons a year, following an ideal condition for a healthy and prosperous agricultural sector. As climate change makes an impact across the county, residents have to
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Kisumu County Rolls Out the Participatory Climate Risk Assessment Process

By Matilda Atieno The County government in partnership with World bank has rolled out a week long Participatory Climate Risk Assessment (PCRA) process spearheaded by the County Technical Working Group (TWG) including state and non state actors. The process that is running concurrently across all the sub- counties aims at identifying locally-led climate interventions through
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Accelerating Gender Mainstreaming in Climate Change Action: Building the Capacities of Seme Community actors       

                       By Matilda Atieno The County Government of Kisumu and Transparency International has made substantial progress in mainstreaming gender in climate action with a focus on capacity building to understand the linkages between gender and climate change and the tangible tools and approaches that encourage gender-responsive adaptation. Kisumu is highly vulnerable to the impacts of
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Upscaling Climate Risk Assessment

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu County and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) have organized a multi sectoral training that will support the county on Participatory Climate Risk Assessment (PCRA), a process that prepares institutions to access funding from Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLOCA) towards climate resilience approaches. Climate change has become a policy priority world wide, and
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Kisumu Marks World Water Day 2023

By. Collins Owuor Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr. Mathew Owili today led World Water Day celebrations in Kajulu to enhance awareness on water catchment protection. The county government he said was finalizing the gazettement of water catchment areas to protect them from encroachment and pollution. “As we celebrate this day we must collectively accelerate action to
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