County Climate Change Unit

Responsibilities and Activities

• Identify climate change impacts on livelihood systems in short and longer term (cuts across village clusters or sub-locations resource users/owners)
• Identify priority interventions in response to current and future risks
• Distill and aggregate impacts at ward level.
• Identify process to establish climate action groups/ user committees

Outcome/Output

• Ward-level science based participatory risk assessment and scenario development
• Ward-level climate action/investment priorities
• Ward Climate Action Groups

Responsibilities and Activities

• Sensitize communities on climate change.
• Review existing ward-level climate interventions
• Develop climate investment proposals and M&E plans aggregating impacts
• Oversight of investment user committees
• Report on climate investments to CCCPC

Outcome/Output

• Ward-level Climate Action Plan/investment proposals and M&E plans

Responsibilities and Activities

• Review and approve/select Ward Climate investments for funding based on criteria
• Oversee and coordinate technical assistance provided by relevant county departments and other actors to the Ward Climate Change Planning Committee to improve proposals
• Identify county level investments that complement ward-level investments
• Submit approved investments to the County Climate Change Unit
• Oversight of WCCPCs
• Develop and report on M&E plans to track and aggregate impacts of investments on building resilience

Outcome/Output

• Annual county and ward level climate investment and M&E plans

Responsibilities and Activities

• Development of participatory county climate risk and resilience assessments
• Develop public education and awareness raising strategies
• Identification of County Climate Action Plan
• Oversight of implementation of county climate change actions and M&E of impacts.
• Coordinate with the County Finance & Planning Department on the approved plans aligned with annual development plans & CIDP
• Report on county-level actions

Outcome/Output

• Climate Change Information and Awareness Strategy 5-year County Climate Action Plan

Essential conditions for building resilience

1. Focus on public goods that benefit many people, including women and the young

2. Support the economy, livelihoods, or important services on which many people depend.

3. Enhance resilience to climate change adaptation and, where possible, propose mitigation measures.

4. Encourage harmony and build social relations between people to foster peace.

5. Have no negative impact on the environment.

6. In line with county development priorities that integrate climate change

Conditions needed to implement the investment successfully

1. A realistic, achievable work plan that includes the type of technical support required for implementation, where appropriate

2. Evidence of stakeholder consultation, including cross-boundary consultation where appropriate.

3. Evidence of value for money and how achievements will be sustained.

4. A theory of change and monitoring and evaluation plan to track beneficiaries and the achievement of objectives and benefits.

5. Evidence that the project is not duplicating other planned investments by the county or national governments, or other actors