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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Plans To Venture into Green Bond to Help Kisumu Secure Green Future

By Matilda Atieno The County Directorate of Climate Change in partnership with the ADA Consortium, FSD Kenya, Capital Markets Authority, Agusto & Co and Nairobi Securities Exchange convened a workshop that brought together public institutions and private CSOs in climate change and environmental sectors to deliberate on the overview of green bond assets and projects
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Ward committees set up to oversee climate change action plans in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno The County Government of Kisumu rolled out a vetting exercise for the formation of the Ward Climate Change Planning Committee intended to be representative of the community with different interest groups given a seat at the table. According to the Kisumu County Climate Change Act, 2020 section 18, the Climate Change Directorate
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The Western Kenya Water Project Inception Meeting and Co-creation workshop in Kisumu

The USAID Western Kenya Water project organised a 3- day inception meeting and co- creation workshop as from 2nd to 4th, November 2022 in order to engage multiple stakeholders in Kisumu County in a bid to increase sustained access to water services, while enabling better management of water resources. The five year project, funded by
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Voices of Just Climate Action Workshop

By Matilda Atieno The county directorate of climate change in partnership with Slum Dwellers International Kenya (SDI-Kenya) organized the Voices for Climate Action Stakeholders Workshop aimed at providing an opportunity for stakeholders to deliberate on how to amplify voices for just climate action to ensure that decisions on climate change are participatory, transparent and accountable.
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Post 9th Africities Event

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Kisumu Celebrates World Water Day 2022

By; Emily Mikwa Kisumu residents joined the rest of the world in marking the world water day at Kawiti community Water Project grounds in Kisumu West Sub County. The event observed annually every 22nd of March, highlights the importance of fresh water. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of fresh water
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