Kenya: Financing Locally Led Climate Action (FLLoCA)
SSI4ALL supports the FLLoCA program, a collaboration between the World Bank and the Government of Kenya that delivers a holistic, people-centered approach to strengthening resilience to climate change and support locally led action to address the climate crisis.
FLLoCA is pioneering the first national-scale model of devolved climate finance and decision making to counties and local communities where both are empowered to determine locally implemented climate investments and solutions. It is a proven model that emerged from pilots on County Climate Change Funds and World Bank technical assistance on devolution (governance).
FLLoCA deepens community participation and citizen engagement below the county level to reach wards and villages. The program provides a platform for the Government of Kenya to coordinate multi-sector and multi-donor engagement that translates Kenya’s climate ambitions (as embodied in the Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan/NCCAP) into action on the ground.
The FLLoCA Program takes a broad view of resilience, recognizing that communities experience multiple risks simultaneously. It promotes an integrated, multi-hazard risk management informed by the latest climate science so that communities and government institutions can manage recurrent shocks, prepare for future challenges and engage in climate resilient development.
FLLoCA is financed by World Bank IDA (US$150 million), Government of Kenya (US$80 million est.), Demark, Sweden and Netherlands (US$31.4 million combined) and KfW US$33.5 million in parallel funding.
The FLLoCA Program takes a broad view of resilience, recognizing that communities experience multiple risks simultaneously. It promotes an integrated, multi-hazard risk management informed by the latest climate science so that communities and government institutions can manage recurrent shocks, prepare for future challenges and engage in climate resilient development.
This is a people-centered approach based strengthening county and national governments’ capacity to deliver locally led climate change action in partnership with communities. The program will channel 90% of funds to local government and communities and reach all 47 counties with investment grants for local resilience priorities. This project:
- Advances the model by integrating across sectors through local government at scale and applying it to climate challenges
- Establishes participatory climate risk assessments building on local knowledge to identify investments in water, agriculture, urban infrastructure and environment to strengthen resilience
FLLoCA is financed by World Bank IDA (US$150 million), Government of Kenya (US$80 million est.), Demark, Sweden and Netherlands (US$31.4 million combined) and KfW US$33.5 million in parallel funding.
Scaling Up Locally Led Climate Action Initiative
The Scaling Up LLCA initiative is the result of a joint dialogue between the World Bank and the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) to support locally led climate action in Africa, Asia and elsewhere. Scaled-up LLCA approaches are seen to have significant potential to deliver climate investments at scale while delivering on the Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) Principles developed by the Global Commission on Adaptation in 2021. The Bank participated in the development of the LLA Principles, which include the need to address structural inequalities that drive climate vulnerability for marginalized groups, including women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, displaced groups and ethnic minorities; investing in the capacity of local institutions and multisectoral collaboration; ensuring flexible programming and learning; and the integration of scientific and indigenous knowledge for adaptive management.
The Scaling Up LLCA Initiative provides catalytic funding, technical support and learning to promote and prepare locally led and inclusive investments in national systems for devolved climate finance that reaches vulnerable communities at scale. The initiative focuses on assessments, analysis, guidance and other relevant preparatory activities that enable countries to establish and strengthen the national systems themselves, paving the way for larger-scale climate investments based on planning and involvement informed by the community.
Addressing Regional Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) Risks and Resilience in Central Asia
The development objective of the Addressing Regional Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) Risks and Resilience in Central Asia Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) is to support WB operations in the Central Asia region in addressing and strengthening resilience to drivers and risks of FCV. It does so by:
- Supporting task teams to incorporate Inclusion and Resilience Lenses in all new operations in Tajikistan
- Identifying new operations to address the drivers of FCV at the regional, national, and sub-regional levels with a focus on the Ferghana Valley and Afghanistan-Central Asia border areas
- Supporting analytics on social cohesion and resilience, with a focus on climate shocks and stresses in at-risk parts of the Central Asia region
- Supporting development partner coordination and knowledge-sharing on policy and operational responses to address FCV risks
