Ojwang, LRosendo, SCelliers, LouisObura, DMuit, AKamula, JMwang, M2018-01-152018-01-152017-11Ojwang, L. et al. 2017. Assessment of coastal governance for climate change adaptation in Kenya. Earth’s Future, vol. 5(11): 1119-11322328-4277doi.org/10.1002/2017EF000595http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017EF000595/fullhttp://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/issue/10.1002/eft2.2017.5.issue-http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9956© 2017 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.The coastline of Kenya already experiences effects of climate change, adding to existing pressures such as urbanization. Integrated coastal management (ICM) is increasingly recognized as a key policy response to deal with the multiple challenges facing coastal zones, including climate change. It can create an enabling governance environment for effective local action on climate change by facilitating a structured approach to dealing with coastal issues. It encompasses the actions of a wide range of actors, including local governments close to people and their activities affected by climate change. Functioning ICM also offers opportunities for reducing risks and building resilience. This article applied a modified capitals approach framework (CAF), consisting of five “capitals,” to assess the status of county government capacity to respond to climate change within the context of coastal governance in three county governments in Kenya. The baseline was defined in terms of governance relating to the implementation of the interrelated policy systems of ICM and coastal climate change adaptation (CCA). The CAF framework provided a systematic approach to building a governance baseline against which to assess the progress of county governments in responding to climate change. It identified gaps in human capacity, financial resource allocation to adaptation and access to climate change information. Furthermore, it showed that having well-developed institutions, including regulatory frameworks at the national level can facilitate but does not automatically enable adaptation at the county level.enCoastal governanceCoastal climate change adaptationIntegrated coastal managementICMKenyaArticleOjwang, L., Rosendo, S., Celliers, L., Obura, D., Muit, A., Kamula, J., & Mwang, M. (2017). Assessment of coastal governance for climate change adaptation in Kenya. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9956Ojwang, L, S Rosendo, Louis Celliers, D Obura, A Muit, J Kamula, and M Mwang "Assessment of coastal governance for climate change adaptation in Kenya." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9956Ojwang L, Rosendo S, Celliers L, Obura D, Muit A, Kamula J, et al. Assessment of coastal governance for climate change adaptation in Kenya. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9956.TY - Article AU - Ojwang, L AU - Rosendo, S AU - Celliers, Louis AU - Obura, D AU - Muit, A AU - Kamula, J AU - Mwang, M AB - The coastline of Kenya already experiences effects of climate change, adding to existing pressures such as urbanization. Integrated coastal management (ICM) is increasingly recognized as a key policy response to deal with the multiple challenges facing coastal zones, including climate change. It can create an enabling governance environment for effective local action on climate change by facilitating a structured approach to dealing with coastal issues. It encompasses the actions of a wide range of actors, including local governments close to people and their activities affected by climate change. Functioning ICM also offers opportunities for reducing risks and building resilience. This article applied a modified capitals approach framework (CAF), consisting of five “capitals,” to assess the status of county government capacity to respond to climate change within the context of coastal governance in three county governments in Kenya. The baseline was defined in terms of governance relating to the implementation of the interrelated policy systems of ICM and coastal climate change adaptation (CCA). The CAF framework provided a systematic approach to building a governance baseline against which to assess the progress of county governments in responding to climate change. It identified gaps in human capacity, financial resource allocation to adaptation and access to climate change information. Furthermore, it showed that having well-developed institutions, including regulatory frameworks at the national level can facilitate but does not automatically enable adaptation at the county level. DA - 2017-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Coastal governance KW - Coastal climate change adaptation KW - Integrated coastal management KW - ICM KW - Kenya LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 2328-4277 T1 - Assessment of coastal governance for climate change adaptation in Kenya TI - Assessment of coastal governance for climate change adaptation in Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9956 ER -