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Techno-policy spaces for e-cooking in Kenya
Introduction Cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) provides a strategic entry point towards catalysing the adoption of clean, affordable, and sustainable energy in line with SDG 7. Residential energy consumption makes […]
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Understanding knowledge systems and what works to promote science technology and innovation in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda -insights from the Knowledge Systems Innovation Project (K…
Summary Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) is a key enabler for transformation in achieving Tanzania’s vision 2025, the country’s long-term framework for development. The vision places emphasis on the role […]
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Climate Finance in Kenya
Introduction Climate Finance (CF) is critical to Kenya’s full realisation of the policy goals as set out in the sustainable development goals (SDGs), the 2015 Paris Agreement and the African […]
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Contextualising Pathways to Resilience in Kenya’s ASALs under the Big 4 Agenda
Background Arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) are characterised as areas with 150mm to 550mm of rainfall annually and often very high temperatures throughout the year. Semi-arid lands (SALs) by contrast, […]
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AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIALISATION PATHWAYS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE
Rationale and aims This paper presents a review of recent literature on the implications of climate change for agricultural commercialisation, focusing chiefly on sub-Saharan Africa, and incorporating evidence, where relevant, […]
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Policy Brief:Building Innovation Systems
The role of innovation systems in negotiating and implementing climate change decisions in Africa is increasingly receiving attention among researchers and policy makers. For the first time in climate change […]
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Searching for synergies for low emission development, the case for dairy subsector in Kenya
Abstract This research paper assesses the coherence of policy measures and documents related to low emission dairy development (LEDD) initiatives at different levels with a focus on Kenya. To analyse […]
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Enabling modernisation, marginalising alternatives? Kenya’s agricultural policy and smallholders
Authors: Fredrick Ajwang1 | Saurabh Arora2 | Joanes Atela3 | Joel Onyango3 | Mohammad Kyari Abstract To address intensifying social and environmental challenges, development policy must learn from inclusions and […]
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What role for multi-stakeholder partnerships in adaptation to climate change? Experiences from private sector adaptation in Kenya
Authors: Kate Elizabeth Gannon a,*, Florence Crick b, Joanes Atela c, Declan Conway Abstract Amidst increasing interest in multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in climate discourse, this paper identifies four rationales for […]
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Transforming Access to Clean Energy Technologies in the Global South: Learning from Lighting Africa in Kenya
Authors : David Ockwell 1,*, Robert Byrne 2, Joanes Atela 3, Victoria Chengo 3, Elsie Onsongo 4, Jacob Fodio Todd 2, Victoria Kasprowicz 2 and Adrian Ely Abstract: As SDG7-related […]
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