Frameworks
This section hosts official government instruments that guide climate governance in Kenya, including laws, policies, strategies, regulations, and notices issued by national and county authorities.
Vision 2030 Popular Version
2030
Vision 2030 Development Strategy for Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands
2030
The Kenya National Cooking Transition Strategy (KNCTS) Action Plan and Investment Prospectus
THE NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE COOKING SUB SECTOR IN KENYA
THE KENYA CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH STRATEGY 2024 2029
2024
State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action 2023 27 Strategy
2023
National Solid Waste Management Strategy
National NCCAP 2018 22
2018
National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) Kenya
NEMA Supplement on RRI waste strategy
NATIONAL GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN (2025 2027)
2025
National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2023-2027
2023 • Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry
Kenya's third National Climate Change Action Plan, setting out 2023-2027 priority adaptation and mitigation actions toward low carbon, climate-resilient development.
MDAs Environmental Sustainability Targets and Reporting Guidelines for 2015 2016
2015
Kenya Vision 2030
2030
Kenya National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
KNEECS Implementation Plan
KENYA’S FINANCING STRATEGY for NDCs
KENYA NATIONAL COOKING TRANSITION STRATEGY 2024 – 2028 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2024
KENYA ENERGY TRANSITION & INVESTMENT PLAN 2023 2050
2023
KENYA CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE STRATEGY 2017 2026
2017
GREEN HYDROGEN STRATEGY EXSUM
DRAFT NATIONAL GEOTHERMAL STRATEGY
CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUNDS DRAFT PLAN 10 11 2023 0310
2023
Brochure NAP
BIOENERGY STRATEGY 2020 2027
2020
BCC Strategy for Promoting Clean Cooking Kenya
Water (Services) Regulations 2025
2025
The Water Resources Regulations 2021
2021
The Water Act (Harvesting and Storage) Regulations 2024
2024
The Forests (Participation in Sustainable Forest Management) Rules
The Forests (Harvesting) Rules
The Forests (Fees and Charges) Rules 2016
2016
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Wetlands Riverbanks Lake Shores and Sea Shore Management) Regulations
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Water Quality)(Amendment) Regulations 2025
2025
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Strategic and Integrated Environmental Assessments and Environmental Audits)(No 2) Regulations 2025
2025
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Public Complaints Committee) Regulations
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Noise and Excessive Vibration Pollution) (Control) Regulations
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Management and Control of Plastic Packaging Materials) Regulations
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Controlled Substances) Regulations
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Conservation of Biological Diversity and Resources Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing) Regulations
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Air Quality) Regulations
The Environmental Management and Coordination (Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing)(No 2) Regulations 2025
2025
The Environmental (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations
The Environment Management and Coordination (Controlled Substances) Regulations 2025
2025
The Energy (Revocation) Regulations
The Energy (Integrated National Energy Plan) Regulations 2025
2025
The Energy (Energy Management) Regulations 2025
2025
Air Quality Regulations 2014
2014
The Landscape of Climate Finance in Kenya On the road to implementing Kenya’s NDC
National Policy on Climate Finance 2017 Kenya (1)
2017
NATIONAL ELECTRIC MOBILITY POLICY
Wajir reviewed C CAP 0
Vihiga Action Plan Version 8.10.2023 0
2023
Uasingishu County CCCAP 0
Trans Nzoia County CCAP 2023 2027 Final 0
2023
Tharaka Nithi CCAP 2023 2028
2023
Tana River CCCAP 0
Taita Taveta CCCAP 2023 2027 REVISED VERSION 0
2023
Siaya County Climate Change Action Plan (NAKURU FINAL) 0
SAMBURU COUNTY CCAP REPORT 0
Revised Marsabit County CC Action Plan (2023 2027) 6th October 2023 (1)
2023
Reviewed Narok County Climate Change Action Plan 2023 0
2023
Reviewed NYANDARUA COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 2023 2027 Final (1) 0
2023
REVISED TURKANA COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN (2) 0
REVISED NYERI COUNTY CCAP 2023 2027 pdf 0
2023
REVIEWED HOMA BAY COUNTY CCAP 2023 2027 0
2023
REVIEWED CCAP. 0
R Migori County CCAP (1)[1] 0
Nyeri County CCAP 0
Nakuru County CAP 0
NYAMIRA COUNTY ACTION PLAN 2023 2028 6 10 23 0
2023
NANDI CCCAP FINAL updated 25.03.2024 0
2024
MCCCAP 2023 6TH SEP 0
2023
MCCAP 1st yr activities 0
MAKUENI COUNTY CCCAP 2023 27 REVIEWED 0
2023
MACHAKOS COUNTY PCRA REPORT 6TH OCT
Laikipia CCAP Revised 0
LAIKIPIA COUNTY CCAP 2023 2027 draft 27 5 2023 0
2023
Kirinyaga CCAP 2023 2027 Review 0
2023
Kilifi County CC Action Plan (2023 2027) Reviewed 0
2023
Kakamega County Climate Change Action Plan 2023 27 0
2023
Kajiado CCCAP Final Edited October 0
KERICHO COUNTY CCAP 1
KERICHO COUNTY CCAP 0
KCCCAP Kitui County Reviewed. 0
KCCCAP REVIEWED AND IMPROVED COPY AS AT 06.10.2023 updated 0
2023
IMPROVED WEST POKOT COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 2023 2023 0
2023
Garissa County CCAP 0
Final Reviewed CCAP 2023 2027 1
2023
Final Reviewed CCAP 2023 2027 0
2023
Final Kwale County Climate Change Action Plan 2023 2027 0
2023
FINAL KISUMU CCAP 2023 2027 0
2023
EMBU COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN REVISED 0
ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN (CCCAP) 2023 2027 (Reviewed ),6th Oct,2023 1 0
2023
CCCAP KISII 2023....Revised final UPDATED 0
2023
CCAP muranga final
Baringo County Action Plan 2023 2027 0
2023
BUNGOMA COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 2023 2027 (Repaired) (1) (1) 0
2023
BCCCAP REVIEWED SEPTEMBER 20TH 2023 (SUMMIT NKU SEPT. 2023 ) 0
2023
BCCCAP 2023 2027 0
2023
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Kenya Gazette Vol CXXVIIINo 22
Kenya Gazette Vol CXXVIIINo 19
Kenya Gazette Vol CXXVIIINo 10
UNFCCC (With Annexes)
1992
UNFCCC (Text)
1992
Climate Change (Carbon Markets) Regulations, 2024
2024 • National Treasury
Regulations to provide for the regulation of carbon markets, to facilitate the trade in carbon credits and for connected purposes.
Wajir County Climate Change Fund Act 2016
2016
Vihiga County Climate Change Fund (Amendment) Act 2021
2021
Vihiga County Climate Change Fund Act 2019
2019
Tharaka Nithi County Climate Change Fund Act 2019
2019
Nyeri County Climate Change Act 2021
2021
Narok County Tourism Act 2017
2017
Narok County Climate Change Fund Act 2021
2021
Nakuru County Fire and Rescue Services Act 2016
2016
Nakuru County Climate Change Act 2021
2021
Nakuru County Agricultural Development Fund Act 2014
2014
Mombasa County Health Act 2018
2018
Migori County Lake Region Economic Bloc Act 2019
2019
Meru County Water and Sanitation Services Act 2014
2014
Marsabit County Tourism Act 2016
2016
Marsabit County Health Services Act 2016
2016
Marsabit County Energy Development Act 2016
2016
Marsabit County Climate Change Fund Act 2020
2020
Makueni County Sand Conservation and Utilization Act 2015
2015
Machakos County Climate Change (Amendment) Act 2022
2022
Machakos County Agricultural Development Fund Act (2014)
2014
Kisumu County Lake Region Economic Bloc Act 2018
2018
Kisii County Science and Technology Park Act 2015
2015
Kericho County Forest Conservation and Management Act 2021
2021
Kericho County Food Security Act 2022
2022
Kericho County Climate Change Act 2021
2021
Kakamega County Trade and Markets Act 2018
2018
Kakamega County Tourism Act
Kakamega County Lake Region Economic Bloc Act
2018
Kakamega County Climate Change Act 2020
2020
Isiolo County Climate Change Fund Act 2018
2018
Embu County Water Act 2015
2015
Embu County Tourism Act 2018
2018
Embu County Environment Management Act 2015
2015
Elgeyo-Marakwet County Climate Change Fund Act (2021)
2021
To provide for the establishment of a Climate Change Fund to finance climate change projects and programs.
Elgeyo-Marakwet County Charcoal Act (2017)
2017
An Act to provide for the regulation of the production, transportation and trade in charcoal in Elgeyo-Marakwet County.
Busia County Energy Development Act (2017)
2017
An Act of the County Assembly of Busia to provide for the establishment of an administrative framework for the development and regulation of energy within the county.
Transport Sector Climate Change Annual Report
2023
Annual report on climate change actions and emissions in the transport sector.
National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2013-2017
2013
Kenya's first 5-year plan to implement the NCCRS.
National Climate Change Response Strategy (Executive Brief)
2010
National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS), 2010
2010
The comprehensive national strategy guiding Kenya's initial response to climate change, providing evidence upon which the National Climate Change Action Plan is built.
National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2018-2022
2018
Kenya's second 5-year plan to implement the National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS), guiding the country's climate change adaptation and mitigation measures.
Long-term Low Emissions Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) 2022-2050
2022
Provides a long-term vision to guide Kenya's transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient development pathway by 2050, identifying opportunities in key sectors such as energy, transport, and waste.
Kenya's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)
2020
Submits Kenya's updated pledge to the UNFCCC to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32% by 2030 relative to the business-as-usual scenario, with a focus on adaptation and resilience.
National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, 2020
2020
Provides a detailed inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, serving as a baseline for mitigation actions.
Kenya National Adaptation Plan (NAP) 2015-2030
2016
Strategy to engage in medium and long-term adaptation planning in Kenya, integrating adaptation into relevant new and existing policies, programmes and activities.
Kenya_INDC_20150723
2015
Kenya's initial pledge to the Paris Agreement outlining climate action targets.
Kenya 3rd National Communication
2024
The third comprehensive report on Kenya's implementation of the UNFCCC, including national circumstances, GHG inventory, vulnerability assessment, and mitigation analysis.
Kenya_2nd national communication
2015
The second national report detailing GHG inventory, vulnerability, and adaptation and mitigation actions.
Kenya_1st national communication
2002
Kenya's initial communication to the UNFCCC outlining national circumstances and preliminary climate change assessment.
Kenya's First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR)
2024
Reports on the progress towards the implementation and achievement of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), utilizing the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
1982
UN Fish Stocks Agreement
1995
Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community
1999
Stockholm Convention on POPs
2001
Rotterdam Convention
1998
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing
2010
Minamata Convention on Mercury
2013
Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
2016
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
2001
International Health Regulations (IHR 2005)
2005
MARPOL Convention
1973
Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
2012
Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn Convention)
1979
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
1973
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
2000
Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes
1989
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Maputo Convention)
2003
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Geneva Conventions Act
1968
An Act of Parliament to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on the 12th August, 1949, and for purposes incidental thereto.
Constitution of Kenya, 2010
2010
The supreme law of the Republic of Kenya.
Climate Change Act, 2016
2016
An Act of Parliament to provide for a regulatory framework for enhanced response to climate change; to provide for mechanism and measures to achieve low carbon climate resilient development, and for connected purposes.
Energy Act, 2019
2019
An Act of Parliament to consolidate the laws relating to energy, to provide for National and County Government functions in relation to energy, to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the energy sector entities.
Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999
1999
The framework law on environmental management and conservation in Kenya. It establishes the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and provides for the legal framework for environmental management.
Land Act, 2012
2012
An Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 68 of the Constitution, to revise, consolidate and rationalize land laws; to provide for the sustainable administration and management of land and land based resources.
Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019
2019
An Act of Parliament to make provision for the planning, use, regulation and development of land and for connected purposes.
Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013
2013
An Act of Parliament to provide for the protection, conservation, sustainable use and management of wildlife in Kenya and for connected purposes.
Irrigation Act, 2019
2019
An Act of Parliament to provide for the development, management and regulation of irrigation, to support sustainable food security and socioeconomic development in Kenya, and for connected purposes.
Biosafety Act, 2009
2009
An Act of Parliament to establish the National Biosafety Authority, to regulate activities in genetically modified organisms, and for connected purposes.
National Drought Management Authority Act, 2016
2016
An Act of Parliament to establish the National Drought Management Authority, to provide for the coordination of drought management and response, and for connected purposes.
Health Act, 2017
2017
An Act of Parliament to establish a unified health system, to coordinate the inter-relationship between the national government and county government health systems, to provide for regulation of health care service providers and health products and technologies.
Tourism Act, 2011
2011
An Act of Parliament to provide for the development, management, marketing and regulation of the tourism industry in Kenya, to provide for the establishment of tourism related bodies and for connected purposes.
Seeds and Plant Varieties Act
2012
An Act of Parliament to confer power to regulate transactions in seeds, including provision for the testing and certification of seeds; for the establishment of an index of names of plant varieties.
Environment and Land Court Act, 2011
2011
An Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 162(2)(b) of the Constitution; to establish a superior court to hear and determine disputes relating to the environment and the use and occupation of, and title to, land.
County Governments Additional Allocations Act, 2024
2024
Provides the legal basis for additional allocations to County Governments, including conditional allocations and loans that support devolved functions.
County Governments Additional Allocations Act, 2022
2022
Provides the legal basis for additional allocations to County Governments for the 2022 cycle, including conditional grants, loans, and other devolved funding.
National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act, 2015
2015
An Act of Parliament to provide for the establishment of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund and for connected purposes.
National Government Constituencies Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2023
2023
Amendments to the NG-CDF Act to streamline operations and enhance accountability in the usage of constituency development funds.
Land Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016
2016
An Act of Parliament to amend the Land Act, 2012, the Land Registration Act, 2012 and the National Land Commission Act, 2012 and for connected purposes.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
1992
The foundational treaty establishing the international framework for climate action.
The Paris Agreement
2015
Legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris. Its goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC
1997
An international treaty that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO₂ emissions are driving it.
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
1994
The sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management.
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
1985
A framework for international efforts to protect the ozone layer. Along with the Montreal Protocol, it has been instrumental in phasing out ozone-depleting substances.
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
1992
International treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components and fair sharing of benefits.
World Heritage Convention
1972
Created to identify and protect the world's natural and cultural heritage considered to be of outstanding universal value.
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
2006
Promotes, protects and ensures the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by persons with disabilities, including in climate contexts.
About Kenya's Climate Legislation
Kenya is recognized as a leader in climate legislation in Africa. The Climate Change Act 2016 was one of the first comprehensive climate laws on the continent, establishing a robust institutional framework including the National Climate Change Council, the Climate Change Directorate, and dedicated climate funds at both national and county levels.