Assessing Community Partnership for Sustainable Development of Kenya Government Efforts on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

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Published Mar 28, 2025
https://doi.org/10.71064/spu.amjr.1.1.2025.354
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Special Issue - African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research (AMJR)

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Paul Mwaura Wanderi
St. Paul's University

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Many countries the world over have faced hard economic times occasioned by many factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, wars, climate change, and poor policy decisions by the leadership, among other factors. With these hard realities, it is becoming complicated to single-handedly implement development programmes for the citizens' benefit without building the necessary stakeholder partnerships both locally and abroad. Community partnership has a greater impact on sustainable development, as recognized by goal 17 of the United Nations Development Goals, which aims to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. This study aimed to assess the local community partnership on the efforts of the Kenyan government towards mitigating climate change outcomes, establishing efficiency, and identifying existing gaps. The specific objectives were to assess the current community partnership strategies on climate change mitigation and adaptation, to examine some of the benefits of Community partnerships for Climate Change mitigation and adaptation, and to determine the challenges of community partnerships for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Key findings are that many strategies, such as community uptake of climate-resilient technology, use of indigenous knowledge on climate change, and establishment and enforcement of policies, were noted to be important in dealing with climate change. Some of the benefits of community partnerships are awareness, participation in decision-making, and the sustainability of local projects. Challenges revealed by the study include poor and incoherent policies that guide climate change mitigation, partnership gaps between the government and local communities, poor funding, and minimal resource allocation toward mitigating climate change. Some of the recommendations suggested by this study are to strengthen national policies, community partnerships, and funding allocations to better climate change mitigation actions.

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Wanderi , P. M. . (2025). Assessing Community Partnership for Sustainable Development of Kenya Government Efforts on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research, 1(1), 402–413. https://doi.org/10.71064/spu.amjr.1.1.2025.354

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