Enabling private sector adaptation to climate change among small businesses in developing countries: What role for multi-stakeholder partnerships? Experiences from Kenya

Abstract  This paper investigates the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in supporting the development  of enabling conditions for adaptation to climate change among micro,…

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Climate-resilient horticulture for sustainable county development in Kenya

Summary   Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges to the productivity and sustainable growth of  the agricultural sector in Kenya due…

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Large Scale Land Acquisitions and Pastoralists’ Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya

Abstract   This working paper explores literature to establish the interrelationship between Large Scale  Land Acquisition (LSLA) and pastoralists’ climate change adaptation. The paper builds…

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Contextualizing Pathways to Resilience in Kenya’s ASAL’s under the Big Four Agenda

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  According to Kenya’s Vision 2030 Development Strategy for Northern Kenya and Other Arid  Lands, approximately 89% of the country’s land area is…

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Climate change adaptation among female-led micro, small and medium enterprises in semi-arid areas: a case study from Kenya

Abstract  This paper contributes to the literature on private sector adaptation by empirically  exploring how female-led micro, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs) in Kenya’s …

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AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIALISATION PATHWAYS

Climate change is likely to alter the environmental  parameters which affect where agricultural  commercialisation activity can happen in sub Saharan Africa, what can be grown…

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Exploring the Agency of Africa in Climate Change Negotiations: The Case of REDD+

Emerging climate change regimes such as the mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) are increasingly aiming to engage developing countries such …

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Exploring the agency of Africa in designing REDD+ and the associated implications for national level implementation

Abstract   Rules on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)  are globally designed by multiple actors but the outcomes are implemented in  developing…

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The Politics of Agricultural Carbon Finance: The Case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project

Background  In the negotiations for a post Kyoto climate agreement, Sub-Saharan African countries are  engaging in policy processes and demonstration projects around land-use based…

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