Jane Nyakang’o Director Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre (KNCPC) P.O. Box 1360-00200 City Square, Nairobi Tel. 254-20-6004870/1 Fax: 254-20-6004871 E-mail: jnyakang’o@cpkenya.org ; info@cpkenya.org

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RIO+20 outcome text: “The future we want” The goal is inclusive green growth

Green growth (GG)...”enabling sustainable growth and creating prosperity by taking a holistic approach to development—valuing human, social and natural capital, efficiently and sustainably producing goods and services and building resilience

Sustainable consumption & production is a tool to transit to a Green Economy (GE).◦ Resource Efficient & Cleaner Production at micro level 2

Kenyan economy reliant on its natural resource base –tourism and agricultural sectors.

Vision 2030...10% growth over horizon Means ensuring economic growth, creating green

jobs and developing green technologies in order to maintain or restore environmental quality and ecological integrity

2012: Gvt +UNEP produced a draft GE Scoping Study that identifies opportunities/challenges towards GG...already on-going GE activities, needs mainstreaming & scale-up

2013: AfDB+UNEP+WWF to assist Kenya to develop a GG strategy & roadmap to switch to business “unusual”..policy & institutional reforms, other necessary conditions

Initial 4 sectors: agriculture, energy, transport & industry, later water, natural resource management, building and construction. 3

All economic sectors must define and implement key actions that promote and accelerate an inclusive and effective transition to a Green Economy.

The resulting actions, instruments and policy reforms must be embodied within the country’s strategic documents.. Medium Term Plan (MTP) for 2013-2017 and, ultimately, Vision 2030.

Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre (KNCPC) a nodal agency by promoting application of SCP and RECP

Centre’s activities goal: zero waste (i.e. source reduction, efficient & sustainable consumption of resources)

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1. Training

i. Climate Change and CDMii. Resource Efficient & Cleaner Production

(Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Materials management)

iii. Waste Prevention & Management iv. Environmental Impact Assessment and

AuditTarget trainees: Consultants, industry &

businesses, industry associations, academia etc)

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2. Assisting businesses & organisations to adopt Resource Efficient & Cleaner Production (RECP) technologies & techniques

“Greening Businesses”…..Cleaner Enterprise Program (CEP)

◦ Focus on sustainable consumption of resources & pollution prevention:

Energy productivity Water productivity Material productivity Pollution intensity

◦ 3-6 month learning by-doing in-plant resource efficient and pollution prevention assessments

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Over 400 companies KNCPC has assisted in last 10 years:

Energy 30-40% reduction in energy consumption with no- and low-

cost technology (delamping, efficient lighting, occupancy and/or motion sensors, good housekeeping, preventive maintenance etc)

20% energy savings on new technology (high efficiency boilers, VSD, economisers, fuel switch etc)

Water 25-35 water efficiency with a few retrofits (push taps,

preventive maintenance, motion sensors, recirculation, good housekeeping etc)

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Materials◦ 15-20% material use reduction (quality, production

scheduling, employee skills, good housekeeping, etc)

Waste◦ 25% waste reduction (source reduction, good

housekeeping, recycling, recovery, attitudinal changes, employee skills)

Some of these RECP measures are potential CDM projects and even if not, contribute towards both adaptation and mitigation in climate change.

RECP an integral part of our climate change mitigation and adaptation programs

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