A presentation of Integrated Population Health and Environment during Conference of Parties 22 session held in Morocco 2016.

1. Pambazuko PHE Project-
Kenya
Contribution of integrating family planning and gender with climate
change adaptation to achieve Paris agreement, SDGs and Agenda 2063
By Lilian Kayaro
Thursday, 17 November 2016 time 10: 00 -11:30 at the African Pavilion (Blue
Zone), Marrakech, Morocco
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2. Problems
• Population that is vulnerable to climate change. Why? Highly
dependent on natural resources for food, fuel and shelter.
• Climate change has resulted in recurring droughts, flooding, erratic
rainfall patterns and raising water lake levels.
• The rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns have
negatively impacted livelihoods and community assets, especially for
the climate sensitive and poorest communities.
• The changing climate has led to loss of income, increased food
insecurity, increased conflict around natural resources and even
death.
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3. Our Inspiration
• The National Climate Change Action Plan sets out a vision for a low
carbon climate resilient development pathway
• low carbon climate resilient development
• adaptation: the County government and partners are taking action to reduce
vulnerability and build adaptive capacity. Interventions have been directed
toward disaster risk reduction, humanitarian action, preparedness and
response actions.
• Many county governments have integrated climate change in their
County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs), acknowledging that
climate change poses threats to sustainable development, and five
counties are establishing County Adaptation Funds
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4. Programme of Action for Adaptation(NAP, NCCAP)-
--ADAPTATION ACTIONS
Kenya’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)
Sector Priority Actions
Health Strengthen integration of climate change adaptation into the health sector.
Environment Enhance climate information services
Enhance the resilience of ecosystems to climate variability and change
Population,
Urbanization and
Housing
Enhance the adaptive capacity of the population
Gender, Vulnerable
Groups and youth
Strengthen the adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable groups and communities
through social safety nets and insurance schemes
Devolution Mainstream climate change adaptation into county integrated development plans and
implement the Ending Drought Emergencies Strategy.
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• Unsustainable practices in farming and
livelihoods
• Floods
• Destruction of Forests and Wetlands
• Poor Indicators of Sexual Reproductive
Health
• Poor access to basic health services
including SRH
Issues we address

6. What we promote
Indigenous and Vulnerable communities
improve their Climate Change resilience by
linking Climate-Friendly Sustainable land use
practices, Gender responsive practices and
making informed decisions on sustainable
family planning practices
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7. How!
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• Educating Women & men to be more aware of the benefits of the
integrating/linking family planning, gender and climate change in
community adaptation practices
• Enabling communities to apply environmentally sustainable
practices, climate-friendly food/ livelihood security practises that are
resilient to their environment
• Empowering communities to make informed family planning
decisions and practices with sustainable outcomes to the community

8. Strategies
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• Focus on group as agent of
change : Community Adaptation
Plans
Women, Youth Climate Change
lobby groups work with local
governments to develop local
strategies that ensure that
Community Climate Change
adaptation strategies address their
holistic needs and include
population and family needs

9. Strategies
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Women, Youth as drivers of change
on sustainable environmental
management: Mobilize
community to adopt climate
change campaigns by drawing
governments attention on desired
agro-forestry, soil conservation and
food and livelihood practices

10. Strategies: Replicability and Sustainability
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• Multiplier effect: Groups discuss, educate each other on
their vulnerabilities and share the knowledge widely
• Community apply local available resources to support other
community members to adapt to new climate change
adaptation practices
• Building young women's capacities to plan for future
population needs through sustainable reproductive rights
and family planning practices

11. Our Guiding Principles
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• Full Participation and inclusion of grassroots
and local communities
• Community assessment and understanding of
the vulnerabilities and diversity
• Climate change adaptation for local economic
gains and investment
• Community Evidence and information
• Human Rights promotion
• Gender Equity

12. Challenges
Challenges
• Integrated Indicators
• Aligning integration
to existing policies
and structures
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Lessons
• Integration takes time, No short cut
• Everyone's business
• Integration, Sectoral Collaboration,
Joint planning