State Department for Environment and Climate Change

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;
• Restoration of Lake Naivasha Basin;
• Meteorological Services; and
• Conservation and Protection of Wetlands.

INSTITUTIONS

National Environmental Management Authority (Environmental Management Coordination Act, No.8 of 1999)

• National Climate Change Council (Climate ChangeAct, No. 11 of 2016)

• Kenya Water Towers Agency (Kenya Water Towers Agency Board Order, 2012)

• National Environment Trust Fund (Environmental Management Coordination Act, No.8 of 1999)

• National Environmental Complaints Committee (NECC) (Environmental Management Coordination Act, No.8 of 1999)

• Kenya Meteorological Department

• Kenya Meteorological Training College