Kenya Integrated Climate Risk Management Project (KICRMP)

ANNUAL REPORT 2014

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Table of Contents

Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................................2

Acronyms and Abbreviations .....................................................................................................................................2

I. Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................................3

II. Achievements during the period ............................................................................................................................3

III. Challenges and constraints ....................................................................................................................................7

Acronyms and Abbreviations CCA Climate Change Adaptation

CPAP Country Programme Action Plan

CoP Community of Practice

CRM Climate Risk Management

DRM Disaster Risk Management

DRR Disaster Risk Reduction

IP Implementing Partner

MoA Ministry of Agriculture

NDMA National Drought Management Authority

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

UNDP United Nations Development Program

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I. Executive Summary The Kenya Integrated Climate Risk Management Project aims at strengthening the capacity of the Government

of Kenya to design and implement activities that address the changing patterns of disaster and climate risks,

build national and sectoral capacity for climate analysis and application to help mitigate climate induced risks

and impacts on development processes and community livelihoods.

The project seeks to better position climate vulnerable communities and sector(s) to effectively use disaster risk

reduction and adaptation resources based on analytical evidence concerning the nature and level of climate

related risks to their development plans.

The overall goal of the project is to catalyze action for harmonization of DRR & CCA policies and programmes

and their integration into the national, sub national and community development planning, improve planning

process at local levels, strengthen capacity of and implement CRM interventions and contribute towards

promoting a sustainable development paradigm.

During the year under review, the program focused on start-up activities including planning, launching of the program at National and County level, and identification of project sites and at county level. Consultative meetings were held bringing together stakeholders to discuss the convergence between DRR and CCA and develop a DRR-CCA framework as well as form community of practice. At the community level, pilot adaptation activities were undertaken including honey value chain development, micro enterprise development, and water harvesting for crop production. In the course of implementation, the project faced various challenges key among the being outbreak of inter-ethnic conflict and terrorism related acts which reduced access to implementation areas and delayed some startup activities.

II. Achievements during the period At the outcome level the project implemented activities that will support the formulation DRR-CCA frameworks

and build adaptive capacity at community level. While the project is still at startup stage it is expected that these

will contribute to the overall outcome of “Evidence-base for climate risk management strengthened and

expanded by assessing climatic risks to key development sectors, DRR-CCA frameworks formulated, institutional

and community risk reduction and adaptive capacity built with a view to mainstream climate risk management

and to promote climate resilience”.

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IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS

Output-1: Convergence and mainstreaming of climate risk management (CRM) promoted

Under this output, the project carried out activities that will lead to convergence and mainstreaming of

CRM as summarized below:

Result area Achievement during reporting period

Activity 1.1 Harmonization of

DRR and CCA coordination

mechanisms at the national level

Activity 1.1.1 Organize

consultative workshop for DRR

and CCA stakeholders

During the reporting period the project initiated consultations between the DRR and

CCA stakeholders including government ministries, UN agencies, INGOs and civil

societies. As a result of the consultations, the National platform on Disaster Risk

Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation stakeholders will in future collaborate

and meet regularly to discuss on CRM and DRR issues.

Activity 1.2: Assist

mainstreaming of CRM into

development plans and policies

Planned for next implementation period.

Activity 1.3 Formation of a

Community of Practice (COP) for

DRR and CCA practitioners

Activity 1.3.1 Form community

of practice for DRR and CCA

practitioners

The stakeholders also agreed on the formation of a Community of Practice (CoP)

which will strengthen cross-sectorial coordination on CRM interventions, and

promote of awareness on DRR and CCA. The CoP will also spearhead the process of

developing the DRR/CCA framework. During the reporting period, the project

initiated the development of a website (http://drr-cca.johari.co.ke/) to serve as a

point of reference where researchers, experts, policy-makers and practitioners from

across Kenya can come together to ask questions, generate ideas, share knowledge,

and communicate with others working in the field of climate change adaptation.

Facilitators of the dialogue forum in a preparatory session at NDMA.

Tana River County dialogue session with Meteorology Officers, Technical Officers, Traditional scientists and NDMA

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Output-2: Evidence-base for climate risk management at national and sub-national levels strengthened and

expanded

Under this output, the project carried out activities that will lead to enhanced evidence base for CRM as

summarized below: Result area Achievement during reporting period

Activity 2.1 Conduct climate risk

assessments to develop an

overall climate risk profile with

specific focus on an identified

climate-sensitive development

sector

a) During the reporting period the project entered into partnership with the

Regional Centre for Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD) to

develop hazard maps and climate risk profiles for the three counties. The

development of the hazard maps and climate risk profiles is in progress and

is expected to be complete by 2nd

quarter 2015. The hazard maps and

climate risk profiles will be used by the county government planners and

other relevant DRR and CCA stake holders in their planning as they mitigate

against potential disasters.

b) Under the same partnership the project identified appropriate tools and

methodologies for climate risk assessment and the process of conducting

the assessment. The tools will be used to analyze climate data and

information to develop and assess climatic risks and impacts. The climate

risk assessment exercise will result in climate risk profiles with specific

focus on vulnerable groups particularly women.

Activity 2.2: Organize round

table dialogue workshop

between climate scientists, and

DRR/CCA practitioners, NGOs

representing women and youth

interests, community

representatives as well as

traditional early warning

practitioners on how to improve

community-based early warning

and early action

a) During the reporting period the project supported a dialogue workshop

which brought together climate scientists and DRR/CCA practitioners to

discuss strategies for improving the effectiveness of the current early

warning systems. The meetings also included local community members’

who are the ones that suffer most from the impacts of disasters. The key

output from the workshop was an agreement that the KMS will set up an

automatic weather station within the locality to enable them update the

local communities on changing weather patterns early enough for them to

take up the required necessary measures. A total of 30 participants

attended the workshop.

A county government official makes a presentation in a

consultative session in Tana River County.

Women take part in a dialogue session at Egekumbi, Tana River County.

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Figure 2: Ndaramio Women First trial cake

Output-3: Pilot CRM interventions at community level to develop risk reduction and adaptive capacities of

identified communities

Under this output, the project carried out activities that will lead to risk reduction and enhance

adaptive capacity of CRM as summarized below:

Result area Achievement during reporting period

Activity 3.1 Design,

fund and implement

pilot CRM projects in

selected

communities/

counties

a) Organize stakeholder meetings with key government ministries, UN, NGO partners

and county representatives: During the reporting period 2 stakeholder forums with

a total of 54 participants were organized at county level to share on the various

CRM interventions each department/partner is carrying out. The meetings involved

government and non-government entities. During the meeting, the members

shared information and identified CRM interventions that would be applicable to

the local communities.

b) Conduct consultative meetings with selected communities to identify their priorities:

Nine consultative meetings were conducted with 9 community groups (219

community members) with the aim of ensuring that the pilot CRM interventions are

designed and implemented with active involvement of at-risk communities’

particularly vulnerable women and youth. Through the consultative meetings, the

project was able to select and implement 4 pilot CRM projects as indicated in the

activity below.

c) Design, fund and implement pilot CRM projects to address the needs of selected

communities: Based on the recommendations of the consultative meetings above, 5

groups with a membership of 226 people (119 female, 97 male) were trained and

provided with equipment to 3 pilot small scale enterprises that diversify livelihoods

in the face of changing weather patterns. The enterprises focus on value addition

and include beekeeping, baking, and rain water harvesting for crop production and

irrigation. The impact of the interventions will be enhanced risk reduction and

adaption capacity among target communities as well as demonstrate concrete

results to influence the wider risk management practice.

Project staff inspect a livestock breed and pasture improvement site,

one of the pilot initiatives in Tana River.

Group members produce bread in one of the climate risk pilot project

sites.

Figure 1: Baking Stove distributed by NDMA for

Ndaramio Women Group

Figure 3: NGF weighing a honey comb

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III. Challenges and constraints a) Participation: Effective women participation was hindered by culture and religion practices, such that in

some communities women have not been able to participate especially in the presence of men. To

improve on their participation, women and men were separated to meet alone and identify their space

in DRR and CCA.

b) Security: Insecurity in the project areas caused delay in implementation of some of the activities. This

especially affected Tana River County where terrorism related incidents occurred in the neighboring

Lamu county restricting access to implementation sites.

IV. Financial Management NDMA was responsible for all financial expenditure and reporting for the project. It ensured that funding

released through the government financial system was used efficiently and accountably. UNDP on the other

hand maintained financial oversight to ensure that funds were used prudently and that expected deliverables

and outputs were achieved. The NDMA provided UNDP with quarterly financial reports during the year.

Expenditure in the reporting period was USD 108,393 out of the budgeted USD 110,000.

V. Conclusion Overall, the project progressed well in its initiation stage. The startup activities undertaken during the period

under review have laid a solid foundation for the implementation of the remaining components of the project.

With the current progress, it is anticipated that results at outcome level will begin to emerge during the next

implementation period (Jan-Dec 2015).