SDE
Welcome to State Department for Environment, Climate Change (SDE)
The SDE was established vide Executive Order No. 1 of 2023 (Revised under Executive Order No. 1 of 2025) on the organization of Government of Kenya, which is under the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry.
Functions
- National Environment Policy and Management
- Climate Change/Action Policy
- Promotion of Low Carbon Technologies to Reduce Emissions
- Restoration and Protection of Strategic Water Towers
- Protection and Conservation of the Natural Environment
- Pollution Control
- Lake Victoria Environmental Management Programme
- Restoration of Lake Naivasha Basin
- Meteorological Services
- Conservation and Protection of Wetlands
Key Reference Documents
Vision
A clean, healthy, safe and sustainably managed resilient environment and natural resources.
Values
Professionalism | Innovativeness | Integrity | Teamwork | Customer Focus | Inclusivity
Mission
To promote and facilitate good governance in the protection, restoration, conservation, development and management of environment and natural resources to support biodiversity and socio-economic transformation.
Our work
Programmes and Projects
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