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Tharaka Nithi County Climate Change Fund Act, 2019 (No. 4 of 2019).

País/Territorio
Kenya
Subdivisión territorial
Tharaka Nithi
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2019
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 7 (Tharaka Nithi County Acts No. 4).
Título completo
An Act of the County Assembly of Tharaka Nithi for the establishment of a Climate Change Fund to facilitate and coordinate financing of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation activities; and for connected purposes.
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Cambio climático Ordenación comunitaria Planificación ambiental Normas sobre calidad ambiental Financiamiento Fondo especial Desarrollo sostenible Política/planificación Normas Protección del medio ambiente
Área geográphica
Africa, Africa Oriental
Resumen

This Act creates a Fund in the County to provide for finance for climate change programs and the enhancement of climate finance mechanisms, among others. The Act establishes a Board as a legal personality with the charge to compile approved projects, ensure equitable allocation of money available in the Fund, oversee the execution of the finance budget, mobilize funds for climate change finance, etc. It provides that the money in the Fund shall be used to finance priority climate change projects, programs and activities including those required in the Climate Change Act. The Act further provides for the eligibility criteria for the disbursement of money in the Fund, including activities that promotes climate resilience in the locality, activities that support economic growth through low carbon climate resilient development, to benefit large number of people including vulnerable groups and have clear considerations for gender representation, etc.

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