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• May 31, 2018

  Spatial Planning can enhance Climate Change Resilience and spur people-centred development

  Spatial Planning comprises of strategic measures that will ensure coordination and result in improvement of the spatial impacts of various sectoral policies and further achieve an even distribution of economic development within a given jurisdiction. It is therefore, an important lever for promoting sustainable development towards improving the quality of life for all citizens.

• Feb 27, 2018

  United Nations in Kenya Committed to Universal Health Care

  Attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC) or Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)3 on health is a substantive human rights agenda that requires sincere and collaborative action across all parts of society. We are talking about everyone’s health and wellbeing

• Feb 9, 2018

  FCDC Open letter to the UN Resident Coordinator
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  Sep 28, 2017

  Linking Climate Change Adaptation to Better Planning

  County governments prepare a ten-year spatial plan using a Geographic Information System (GIS) data base to adapt to climate change.

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  Sep 28, 2017

  Climate Change: From Global Goals to County Realities

  Global negotiations and international environmental governance agreements such as last year’s Paris Agreement are crucial to tackling climate change; however, local action is an immediate imperative that cannot wait. UNDP, together with national and county governments, is taking action to make a difference on the ground.

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  Sep 28, 2017

  Strengthening Kenya’s resilience to disaster through devolution

  UNDP is working with all levels of government and the public to develop planning and budgeting platforms to mitigate the human and financial costs of disasters.

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  Sep 28, 2017

  Taking the SDGs from paper to planning to practice

  In addition to training national level officials on the SDGs, UNDP has worked with the Senate to demonstrate how utilizing SDGs can help improve lives and attain Vision 2030’s goals.

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  Jul 25, 2017

  Tea trees mitigate impact of drought and change fortunes

  In a county classified as arid and semi-arid due to its cycles of drought, hunger and famine, smallholder farmers are now raking in major profits from agriculture as a result of their venture in alternative sources of livelihood. In addition, over 5000 households from Laikipia, now have access to food and parents can afford school fees for their children’s education.

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  Jul 12, 2017

  Solar power improves school grades in Kenya

  Many of the school going children in northern Kenya rely on inadequate sources of light for studying after school hours. Kerosene lamps or reading over the fire expose children to health hazards such as respiratory diseases and eyesight challenges.The Solar Lantern Project hopes to address some of these challenges.

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  Jul 11, 2017

  UNDP teaming up with Sauti Sol for the Global Goals

  In the video spot the four Sauti Sol band members Bien-Aimé Baraza, Willis Chimano, Savara Mudigi and Polycarp Otieno explain that African governments signed up to achieve the 17 Goals by 2030, and what the band members themselves would like to see happen by 2030.