EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE FUND ON COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA

Authors

  • Abdiladif Ahmed Haret
  • Julius M. Huho
  • Ahmed M. Mohamed
  • Hussein Sheikh Adams Golicha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47672/ajcs.657

Keywords:

Economic Resilience, Natural Resource Management, Infrastructural Resilience, Count Climate change Fund

Abstract

Purpose: Climate change is a major threat to the livelihoods of communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) in Kenya since they depend on climate related resources. To caution ASALs dwellers in some counties, County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) was introduced to build resilience against the shocks related to the vagaries of climate change, resources are allocated to build community resilience from the Government. This study therefore evaluated the impact of this fund on community resilience to climate change taking a case of Garissa County, Kenya.

Methodology: Qualitative and quantitative data was collected from the households, ward planning committee members, the village elders, county representatives of the funds and womankind in charge of the fund in a purposively sampled ward, Goreale Ward, in Garissa County. While the qualitative data was analyzed through thematic analysis, the quantitative data was analyzed through Spearman Rank-order correlations.

Findings: The findings indicated that the fund had ensured economic resilience, infrastructure resilience and natural resource management in the ward to a very low extent. Additionally, the relationship between participatory planning, social inclusion and accountability in CCCF and economic resilience was positive and significant but weak. Moreover, the relationship between participatory planning, social inclusion and accountability in CCCF and infrastructure resilience was positive and significant but weak. It was also established that the relationship between participatory planning, social inclusion and accountability in CCCF and natural resource management was positive and significant but weak.

Unique Contribution to theory, practice and Policy: Based on the findings it was established that there is a need to enhance participatory planning, social audit and accountability of CCCF in order to ensure efficiency in utilization of the fund which can result to stronger and higher impact on both economic as well as infrastructure resilience to climate change and also natural resource management.

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Author Biographies

Abdiladif Ahmed Haret

Department of Natural Ressources, Garissa University, Kenya

Julius M. Huho

Department of Natural Ressources, Garissa University, Kenya

Ahmed M. Mohamed

Department of Natural Ressources, Garissa University, Kenya

Hussein Sheikh Adams Golicha

Department of Natural Ressources, Garissa University, Kenya

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2021-02-16

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Haret, A., Huho, J., Mohamed, A. ., & Golicha, H. . (2021). EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF COUNTY CLIMATE CHANGE FUND ON COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA. American Journal of Climatic Studies, 2(1), 38–59. https://doi.org/10.47672/ajcs.657

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