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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042522/00001
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- Summary:
- This document provides detailed analyses of the impact and economic costs associated with climate change and adaptation, as well as the potential for low carbon emission economic growth. It addresses the present and future implications of the named issues according to current trends and associated future scenarios. The report applies its recommendations to Kenya. The document is broken down according to the above named issues. Regarding climate change costs, it is acknowledged that intermittent droughts and floods have negatively impacted economic growth. Future projections, according to top-down aggregated estimates and bottom-up (sectoral) assessments, find that climate change, even with varied results from different models, will cost Kenya several hundred millions of dollars if adaption is not considered. The report recognizes four categories of adaption – accelerating development, increasing social protection, building adaptive capacity, and enhancing climate resilience. Using top-down aggregated estimates and bottom-up (sectoral) assessments, it notes that between 2012 and 2030, the cost of adaption will increase from 650 million dollars to 2 billion dollars (annually). While the document acknowledges that presently Kenya has a low greenhouse emissions profile, it notes that this can double over the next 20 years. Given these costs, it has recommended that Kenya improve its estimates of future costs in order to better plan, commence investment analysis, invest in low carbon options to minimize this increase, and strengthen regional cooperation on the named issues. Overall, this is an insightful report. However, one is disappointed with its narrow focus on economic costs to the exclusion of a discussion of environmental and social costs, which would have enhanced the arguments made. Also there are a few issues regarding the recommendations presented. While many were feasible, some tended to be too general for effective policymaking. Also, some of these recommendations require substantial financial investments, but there is no discussion as to how developing countries with scarce resources and competing agendas will raise these necessary funds. ( English )
- Subject:
- Climate Change and Environment ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- (2009). The economics of climate change in Kenya. Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI), Embassy of Denmark—Nairobi, UKaid, DEW Point Development Resource Centre.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042522
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