Policy dialogue on climate resilient development in Laikipia County

Policy dialogue on climate resilient development in Laikipia County

2024

On the 19th of March, researchers from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) convened a policy dialogue on climate resilient development in Laikipia County in Nanyuki, Kenya. NMBU and JOOUST have been jointly conducting research in Laikipia North around the Mukogodo forest since 2017.The event brought together policy-level actors, civil society representatives and researchers working on climate change, agriculture, conflicts, conservation and/or environmental-related issues in Laikipia County. This policy dialogue was an opportunity to take stock of current on-going climate change planning efforts at the county level, discuss research findings and to collaboratively map additional priorities for policy, research, and practice to support climate resilient development in the region.Prof. Muok from JOOUST opened the meeting by emphasizing the importance of creating such arenas to generate fruitful critical discussions in times of climate change, noting the opportunity to pick up from a previous policy workshop jointly organized in 2021.

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