MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE COUNTIES Presented by:- Mohamed Baishe Director- Environment & Natural Resources Lamu County Date: 23rd January, 2020 . .
INTRODUCTION: Lamu County • Lamu County consists of two Sub- Counties/ Constituencies: – Lamu East – Lamu West • There are 10 electoral wards
COUNTY OVERNMENT OF LAMU KEY DEPARTMENTS v Public Service Management & Adinistration v Health, Sanitation, & Environment v Livestock, Fisheries and Co- operatives v Education, Youth, Sports and Culture v Lands, Physical Planning, Infrastructures and Energy v Agriculture, Water and Irrigation. v Finance, Strategy and Economic Planning v Tourism, Trade and Investment.
CLIMATE CHANGES IMPACTS 1. FOOD SECURITY:- - Low production & productivity- crops &livestock products due to prolong drought and floods - Land degradation caused by soil erosion - Soil fertility reduce due to washing away of soil nutrients. -Low accessibility and affordability of food- low yield
CLIMATE CHANGES IMPACTS 2. HEALTH -Food shortage results in poor dietary and malnutrition among children -Increase in waterborne diseases – malaria, cholera, etc -High temperatures causes heat strokes, dehydration and other related diseases. -Affects other sectors due to shortage of healthy workers - High costs of treatments e.g, drugs, equipments
CONTINUE 3)INFRASTRUCTURES - - Roads damaged during floods and dusty during drought - Movement of people & goods becomes difficult thus affects business & economy - Bridges washed -loss of lives & properties - Destruction of facilities like powerlines,schools, - Increased accidents& damage to vehicles
4. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 1) Drought - Land- becomes degraded, reduce fertility and tree cover. Low crops yield - Reduce pastures for livestock and wildlife - Water scarcity - People engaged in other illegal livelihood activities eg. Poaching, charcoal making, illicit brewing
CONTINUE 2)Floods - soil erosion, uprooting of tree, destruction of crops, livestock, properties and loss of human lives - Contaminates water structures eg. Wells, - Water logging in farms – destroys crops - Destruction of irrigation structures - Loss of aesthetic value of the environment - Can lead to loss of Biodiversity
5) Social Impacts:- - Displacement of people from their homes- loss of employment, - Disruption of learning in schools destroyed by floods
6 . Conflicts- between scarce resources users - Land, water and pastures:- - farmers & pastoralists - Wildlife & livestock - Among pastoralists from other counties - This has resulted in destruction of properties, injury and loss of life & land degradation.
• Impacts from Ocean: - Strong winds - High and turbulence waves - Results in –capsizing and destruction of sea vessels, loss of properties & lives -Reduce fish harvests -Sea transport risky -Destruction of sea walls, jetties -Deposition of solid wastes to the beaches- reducing aesthetic value of place
Cont.. • Water sources - Drying up of water sources- sand dunes, lakes, - Salinization due to ocean water intrusion - Water contamination during erosion, high sea tides - Shortage of clean water for domestic uses- poor sanitation, outbreaks of diseases
PRIORITIES • IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY- - Training farmers on agronomic better practices - Planting of drought resistance & early maturing crops - Establish irrigation systems - Pre&post harvest management - Fodder conservation- - Excavation of water pans- crops, livestock, wildlife - Value addition crops and livestock products
LAND USE PLAN • County Spatial Plan (CSP)- Lamu is the first county to develop CSP • It identify best and potential land uses for productive and sustainable – agriculture, forest, livestock, wildlife, industries, housing, conservation. etc • CSP – policies, regulations, environment & social safeguards.
WATER AVAILABILTY AND ACCESSIBILITY § Protect water sources- - Gazettement of water catchment areas. - Put up water harvesting structures- water pans, storage tanks( elevated& Underground) - Installation of more desalination plants - Increase forest cover- Afforestation prgm, uses alternative energy sources- solar, cooking gas, wind energy and biogas
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT § To designate dumping sites in major trading centers § To provide more facilities for the collection and transportation of solid waste to dumping sites § To involve and empower local community in the SWM § To have policies and regulations on SWM
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES • Inadequate personnel in the department to handle many issues of climate change • Lack of technical skills and capacity • Low budgetary allocation from the National Government to Lamu County(least) • Lack of political will to allocated more funds to environmental issues- • More funds is allocated to tangible projects as opposed to intangible CC issues • Lack of information and relevant data on the effects and impacts of CC
CONTINUE • Lack of coordination and collaboration among key sectors involved in CC issues –NEMA,KFS, KWS, KERRA, KENHA, Public Health, Dept Water, etc. • Lack of policies, regulations and plans to address issues related to climate change effects- funding, reporting, committees, • Absence of NGOs operating in the county dealing with environmental issues to provide support
THANK YOU
Recommend
More recommend
