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KANU MANIFESTO 2022-2027


                GREENING KENYA: Environment and Climate


                Change
           PRIORITY 4


                Climate change has significant adverse effects on the Kenyan

                economy. The share of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by
                the environment and natural resources sector was up by 4.0 %, up

                from 3.7 % recorded in the previous year (Economic Survey, 2021).

              Kenya’s total value of mineral production declined by 5.8 %, from 24.1 billion in 2019 to 22.7 billion in
              2020. Total forest area increased marginally from 4,228.8 thousand hectares in 2019 to 4,231.9
              thousand hectares in 2020. The area under government forest plantation stock increased from 147.6
              thousand hectares in 2019 to 149.6 thousand hectares (Economic Survey, 2021). As a signatory to the
              Paris Climate Change Agreement of 2016, Kenya committed to reducing carbon emissions by
              promoting green transport or e-mobility and the State Department for Transport has prioritized the
              uptake of electric mobility (Economic Survey, 2021).


                        GDP by the environment and natural resources sector


                        Changes between 2020/21
                                                            3.7%                                  4%

                       Rate in    4
                       Kenya

                       Global     3
                       average
                                  2

                                  1


                                  0
                                                GDP by the environment and natural resources sector


              Our Vision
              With the growing evidence of the impacts of climate change that can significantly inhibit sustainable
              development, we are committed to ‘Greening Kenya’ for a healthy environment and restored nature.
              We envision a country that prioritizes sustainable utilization of natural resources to enhance climate
              resilience and adaptive capacity that protects and encourages environmental conservation to our
              natural resource base.

              Our Plan
              Through extensive global and regional engagement, we will recognize the imperative of a
              transboundary approach to environmental protection, climate change response in addition to
              initiatives at the national, county, and local levels by mitigating the potential impacts at all sectors and
              exploring the opportunities that come with environmental conversation practices for the benefit of all
              Kenyans.
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