Marsabit County Climate Change Action Plan 2023-2027

Abstract

Pastoral and agro-pastoral production forms the dominant livelihood in Marsabit County, involving about 95 percent of its population. Major sources of income within this livelihood include sales of livestock, livestock products and crop production which account for 80 percent of all county in-come. Climate change is happening now and is projected to worsen in the future. Marsabit County is extremely susceptible to impacts of a changing climate because most livelihoods and economic activities are reliant on climate sensitive sectors including agriculture, livestock, forestry, water resources, health, energy, trade, rangelands, tourism, social infrastructure and human settlements. In order to cushion key sectors against the impact of climate change, the stakeholders have come up with Marsabit County Climate Change Action Plan (2023-2027). The Plan has identified sectoral adaptation needs and also details specific sectoral actions plans, key implementing partners and indicative costs. This Plan is complementary and consistent with existing strategies at the county, national, regional and international levels as well as development and economic plans, principally Marsabit County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP; 2023-2027).