Climate Change Adaptation Through Sustainable Water Resources Management in Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities

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2020Author
Asokan, Shilpa Muliyil
Obando, Joy
Kwena, Brian Felix
Luwesi, Cush Ngonzo
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Water is the medium through which society experiences the most dramatic and
direct manifestations of climate change. At the same time, water has a critical
role to play in climate change adaptation and is central towards achieving Africa
Water Vision 2025, and the targets set for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development as well as the Kenya Vision 2030. There are fundamental challenges that need to be addressed in order to achieve sustainable water resources
management, mainly, the inherent uncertainty associated with the changing climate, the inflexibility in infrastructure and institutions that manage water, and
the poor integration of all stakeholders and sectors in water resources management. This study investigates the challenges and opportunities in implementing
integrated water resources management and its critical role towards climate
change adaptation. A preliminary assessment of sustainable management of
water resources and its role in effective climate change adaptation and resilience
building in Kenya is carried out through questionnaire survey and stakeholder
interactions. Climate change-induced uncertainty, diminishing water sources
aggravated by growing water demand, weak institutional and financial governance, and lack of transparency and stakeholder inclusiveness are identified as the
main challenging factors that need to be addressed to build a climate resilient
society. The study furthermore emphasizes the critical role of water management
in achieving Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030451059http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/20441