Adverse climate effects, particularly floods and droughts, have the catastrophic and increasing impacts across the country. In 2018, floods led to loss of human lives in Kenya displacing more than 230,000 people including 150,000 children, and closed over 700 schools, while wiping out billions of shillings worth of Roads and
Adverse climate effects, particularly floods and droughts, have the catastrophic and increasing impacts across the country. In 2018, floods led to loss of human lives in Kenya displacing more than 230,000 people including 150,000 children, and closed over 700 schools, while wiping out billions of shillings worth of Roads and infrastructure, 8,500 hectares of crop and drowning over 20,000 head of livestock.
Preparing for a changing climate by planning for floods and droughts
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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Disaster preparedness
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Environment
Watershed and river basin management
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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Disaster Risk Management (DRM): General
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Cross-Cutting Area
Climate risk management
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Tourism
Tourism: General
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Coastal Zone
Sea-level rise protection
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Urban
Sustainable urban planning
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Urban
Sustainable urban planning
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Coastal Zone
Sea-level rise protection