[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1134, 340], "category": "Text", "text": "and county government agencies, NGOs, local communities and private sector. For the Switch Kenya Green, possible modalities include grants or Contribution agreement with a Member State Institution (Denmark, Germany, Sweden or the Netherlands are active members of the TEI Green Deal Circular Economy). All work flows offer opportunities for direct synergies and possible links with the EFSD+, pending final selection of PIPs and its implementation (connectivity, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, forests and water management, SME support windows). The Action will promote digital technologies for regulation and monitoring as relevant. The Switch Kenya Green will support innovative and digital technologies for promoting the Circular Economy."}, {"bbox": [85, 409, 323, 440], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 473, 234, 500], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 519, 1134, 812], "category": "Text", "text": "Climate change in Kenya is increasingly impacting the lives of Kenya's citizens and the environment; it has led to more frequent extreme weather events like droughts which last longer than usual, irregular and unpredictable rainfall, flooding and increasing temperatures. The increasing heat and recurrent droughts contribute to severe crop and livestock losses, leading to famine, displacement, and other threats to human health and wellbeing. The effects of climatic changes have made already existing challenges with water security, food security and economic growth even more difficult, and adversely affect the national economy, which is largely dependent on tourism and rainfed agriculture. All these factors impact at-risk populations like marginalised communities, women and the youth. Women's responsibility for environmental management hinges on a gendered division of labour, in which women are mainly responsible for providing subsistence such as food, water and fuel. If the country suffers the economic and infrastructure impacts of global warming, it could have significant consequences for neighbouring countries. An overall economic goal for Kenya is to become a Newly Industrialising Middle-Income Country by 2030."}, {"bbox": [96, 838, 1134, 995], "category": "Text", "text": "The Kenyan policy seeks to promote an inclusive greening of the economy to achieve a cleaner and healthier environment for the population and a more efficient use of the natural resources. Kenya has set ambitious targets for reducing its GHG emissions under the Paris Agreement. The reduction target of 30% of GHG emissions by 2030 was increased to 32% with the update of Kenya's NDC in 2020. There is a need to further strengthen Kenya's follow up and monitoring of the NDC's, not least for purposes of planning and allocation of funds, but also to mobilise actors in all relevant sectors."}, {"bbox": [96, 1023, 1134, 1210], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action contributes to Kenya's green transition, mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change by increasing the capacity and flexibility of the power transmission and distribution systems allowing large deployment of variable renewable energy sources; by preserving and restoring watershed areas; and by fostering a new generation of MSME relevant to the circular economy, creating green jobs. The action will support the EU's geopolitical priorities, as reflected in the Global Gateway and the EU-Kenya Strategic Dialogue, with bearing on economic cooperation, climate change, innovation, multilateralism, trade and investments. Private sector investment will be an integral part of the partnership in the context of a circular economy."}, {"bbox": [96, 1236, 1134, 1501], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will support Kenya to achieve its mitigation and adaptation commitments under its NDC, guided by Vision 2030, the Medium Term Plan 3 (and the MTP4 under elaboration), Kenya's Climate Act 2016 and Climate Change Action Plan and the Green Economy Strategy and Implementation Plan. The Action is aligned to Kenya's policies in respective sectors: For energy, notably the Energy Act 2019 and the National Energy Policy (2018). For circular economy, the Sustainable Waste Management Bill (2022), which is geared towards addressing the need to support the circular economy with concrete steps, as well as the National Climate Finance Policy (2017) will guide the action. For the Climate-Resilient Watersheds, the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, Agriculture Development Strategy, Kenya Agriculture Productivity and Sustainable Land Management investment strategy are relevant. The Action will strengthen Kenya's capacity to monitor the NDC's and to provide consistent leadership in environmental governance."}, {"bbox": [96, 1527, 1134, 1634], "category": "Text", "text": "During the period 2021-27 the EU and Member States jointly implement the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) on the Green Deal, mobilising EUR 3.5 billion, supporting Circular and sustainable economy (including green finance); Climate-smart and sustainable agricultural value chains; Renewable and accessible energy; Natural capital and biodiversity; and Sustainable urbanisation and infrastructure. The TEI is a building block of EU-Kenya's Global"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 26"}]