Climate finance follows credible systems, not good intentions.
PRASOL helps counties, communities, NGOs and companies turn climate risk into fundable, verifiable programmes. We connect risk evidence, adaptation planning, community consent and monitoring, so that your initiatives can attract climate finance and deliver benefits that reach the people most affected.
Book a climate finance readiness diagnostic Take the free self-assessmentMost climate initiatives do not lack finance. They lack bankable, verifiable systems.
Droughts and floods are more frequent and more costly. Climate finance is available through county funds, international climate funds and carbon markets, but it flows to initiatives that can prove risk, show results and account for benefits.
Kenya now regulates carbon markets in law. Projects must register, document community consent and share earnings with communities. Initiatives built without these systems are delayed, discounted or rejected.
County and national government
Translating County Climate Change Action Plans into investments that qualify for performance-based grants, and regulating carbon activity on public and community land.
Communities, CBOs and NGOs
Building resilience in arid and semi-arid areas, and negotiating fair terms with carbon project developers through informed consent and benefit-sharing agreements.
Corporates and developers
Assessing climate risk, setting credible emission-reduction strategies and developing carbon projects that meet national registration and international integrity standards.
From risk evidence to verified results
The PRASOL Climate Finance Cycle runs on five steps. Each step has a clear owner and a measurable output. We guide you from raw data to verified, fundable action.
Assess
Map climate hazards, vulnerability and emission sources using field data, remote sensing and participatory risk assessment.
Plan
Prioritize adaptation and mitigation measures and embed them in strategy, budgets and policy.
Structure
Match priorities to finance routes and package feasibility studies, concept notes and project design documents.
Engage
Secure free, prior and informed consent and agree transparent benefit-sharing arrangements with communities.
Verify
Monitor, report and verify results with digital tools, ready for third-party verification and registry reporting.
Five routes to climate finance
We help you build a balanced climate finance portfolio, so that no single funding window decides whether your resilience work continues.
Services that match where you are
Start with a diagnostic, build the evidence and the plan, then sustain results with monitoring and verification support.
Climate finance readiness diagnostic
An assessment of policy, data, governance, community engagement and pipeline, ending in a prioritized roadmap.
Climate risk and vulnerability assessment
Hazard, exposure and vulnerability analysis for a county, landscape, programme or business, with prioritized adaptation options.
Climate policy, strategy and action planning
Climate change action plans, institutional climate strategies and policy or regulatory guidance, with a results framework and budget.
Carbon project feasibility and development support
Pre-feasibility screening, methodology and standard selection, carbon estimates, risk review and registration readiness.
Community consent and benefit-sharing design
Stakeholder mapping, FPIC processes, grievance mechanisms and Community Development Agreements that communities understand and can enforce.
MRV systems and third-party monitoring
Monitoring, reporting and verification systems using remote sensing, mobile data and dashboards, plus independent third-party monitoring.
Climate finance proposals and concept notes
Funding proposals, concept notes and investment cases for climate funds, development partners and county resilience grants.
Professional training
Practical courses on climate risk, adaptation planning, carbon markets, benefit-sharing and MRV for boards, staff, county officers and communities.
Who we work with
We partner with public, private, and community stakeholders to build climate resilience from the ground up.
County and national government
County climate change units, environment departments, ministries and agencies responsible for adaptation planning, climate budgeting and carbon market oversight.
Communities, CBOs and NGOs
Community land management committees, conservancies, community-based organizations and NGOs building resilience or engaging with carbon developers.
Corporates, investors and developers
Companies, financial institutions and project developers seeking credible climate strategies, project pipelines and community-compliant carbon projects.
Kenya's carbon market rules have changed. Projects must now be compliant by design.
Our advice is grounded in the current legal and institutional framework. Key requirements as at October 2026:
- Legal basis. The Climate Change (Amendment) Act 2023 and the Climate Change (Carbon Markets) Regulations 2024 govern participation in voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
- Community benefit-sharing. Projects on public or community land must contribute annually to communities: at least 40% of aggregate earnings for land-based projects and at least 25% for non-land-based projects.
- Free, prior and informed consent. Consent must be documented for community land-based carbon projects, and Community Development Agreements govern how benefits are shared.
- National Carbon Registry. Kenya launched its National Carbon Registry in February 2026. It is administered by NEMA as the Designated National Authority, and carbon projects must register and report through it.
- Article 6. Government-authorized international transfers are recorded with corresponding adjustments, and a national guide for strategic engagement in carbon markets was launched in October 2026.
- County climate finance. Counties have established County Climate Change Funds and climate units, and access performance-based resilience investment grants for locally led adaptation.
This summary is for general information and is not legal advice. Requirements are subject to change; we confirm the current position at the start of every assignment.
Why PRASOL
We bring deep regional expertise, rigorous data systems, and a commitment to community equity to every climate finance assignment.
Equity at the centre
Carbon markets work only when communities consent, understand and benefit. We design consent, grievance and benefit-sharing systems that stand up to scrutiny.
Arid and semi-arid expertise
Our team has two decades of resilience, livelihoods and peacebuilding work in Kenya's drylands and the Horn of Africa, where climate shocks hit hardest.
Evidence and digital MRV
We combine action research, participatory risk assessment, remote sensing and mobile data so that every claim can be measured and verified.
Funder perspective
Our team has designed, managed, monitored and evaluated programmes for multilateral, bilateral and international NGO funders. We know what reviewers and verifiers look for.
Frequently asked questions
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