Kenya

This report forms part of “From Climate Risk to Resilience,” a series of country studies that analyze and explore the potential economic and social impacts of climate change on Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.

This policy brief draws on research in Laikipia County in central Kenya under the Women Entrepreneurs in Climate Change Adaptation (WECCA) project. This case study tackles challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Africa in the face of climate change.

This seismic risk profile of Kenya, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

This guidance note provides simple guidance for increasing the resilience of Kenyan municipal infrastructure projects, and of communities, to physical risks, notably impacts of climate changes.

This guidance note aims at municipal-level planners in Kenya and includes examples of good practice from within Kenya and other contexts to support municipal governments with mainstreaming resilience within the urban planning system.

Drawing on case studies from Ecuador, Kenya, Mongolia and Viet Nam, this briefing explores the mechanisms that set up these science–humanitarian partnerships for success, and some of the shared benefits they deliver.

This study assesses the usefulness of less conventional data such as flood impact data for verifying flood forecasts compared with river-gauge observations in Uganda and Kenya. The flood impact data contains semi-quantitative and qualitative information.

The onset of the 'Long Rains' season of 2023 in Kenya had both positive and negative effects on the country. While the rains brought relief to drought-stricken regions, they also caused flash flood in some areas, leading to losses.