Climate Proofing Sectors of the Economy: The Case of Kenya's Agricultural Sector

For the first time in history, in 2015, a majority of governments across the globe came to a consensus on the way forward in relation to mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change. As a response to this, countries set out ambitious national targets towards achievement of the objectives of the Pars Agreement. However, there was no clear approach of how countries would achieve these ambitious targets especially for a country like Kenya which heavily depends on agriculture as a contributor of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The specific objective was to understand how the agricultural sector is dealing with the effects of climate change. The findings of the study indicated that Kenya has set an enabling environment through various policies and legislations that support climate change mitigation and adaptation actions. In addition, The results from the study indicated that Kenya has adopted a sector approach in dealing with matters of climate change and in particular, the agricultural sector has set various guidelines through various laws that promote Climate Smart Agriculture that can be applied in the various County Governments of the Country and for possible replication in other countries across the globe.