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Final Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) English version - Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program - P173065 (English)

4 Oct 2021

The ESSA was been undertaken by the Environmental and Social Development Specialists and consultants of the World Bank and examines Kenya’s existing legal, regulatory, and institutional framework guiding the program’s environmental and social management systems. [...] Desk Review of policies, legal framework, regulations and program documents; The review examined the set of policies and legal requirements related to environment and social management at the national and county government level in Kenya. [...] Considering the significant geographic dispersion of the participating counties, different scales of proposed investments, and the potential cumulative environmental and social impacts associated with the program, the overall environmental and social risk of the Program is classified as Substantial. [...] Though the potential environmental and social risks and impacts of investments and activities under this Program are expected to have minor impacts, the Program provides an opportunity not only to strengthen the weaknesses in the procedures mentioned above to identify and mitigate these potential effects but also to strengthen the Country and County systems in three areas: (i) strengthening of env [...] These measures will be implemented through two main areas namely, the support of the establishment of a Social Risk Management unit at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, support the County Environment Committees established through the National Environmental Management Authority and the Program will collaborate with the Directorate of Occupational, Safety and Health Services to enhance
disaster risk management gender-based violence acquired immune deficiency syndrome person with disability occupational health and safety food and nutrition security occupational safety and health use of force impact of climate change social risk management environmental and social impact capacity building plan finance activity significant adverse impact land acquisition and resettlement environmental and social safeguard grievance redress mechanism environment and social management plan access to information policy institutional capacity building changes in land use environmental and social management system safety and health performance-based financing national environmental management early warning system capacity development activity national climate change degradation of critical natural habitats environment risk future climate scenarios environment and social sustainability natural resource governance partnership with communities local climate action national security system

Authors

Soikan,Nicholas Meitiaki

Disclosure Date
2021/10/04
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Final Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) ? English version - Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program - P173065
Originating Unit
Social Dev AFR 2 (SAES2)
Published in
United States of America
Rel Proj ID
KE-Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program -- P173065,P173065
Unit Owning
Social Dev AFR 2
Volume No
1

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