The State Department for Environment and Climate Change, through the Climate Change Directorate, has completed a comprehensive Loss and Damage Assessment of the impacts associated with rising water levels in Lakes Baringo and Bogoria.
The assessment represents a significant step towards strengthening climate resilience and informing evidence-based decision-making in Baringo County and other climate-vulnerable regions.
It was undertaken through a multi-agency collaboration involving the Climate Change Directorate, the Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing, Kenyatta University, and other key stakeholder institutions. Field assessments, geospatial analysis, and community consultations documented social, economic, non-economic, environmental, and infrastructure-related impacts caused by the prolonged rise in lake water levels.
The findings provide an evidence base for adaptation and recovery interventions, disaster risk reduction planning, and national and county policies on climate resilience and sustainable development.
The assessment also supports Kenya’s Loss and Damage planning and access to climate finance by providing robust data for investment proposals and resource mobilisation.
Its recommendations are expected to support long-term resilience, safeguard livelihoods and ecosystems, and reduce the vulnerability of communities living around Lakes Baringo and Bogoria to future climate-related risks.