Publication date: 27 November 2025
Author: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Description: The findings are based on an analysis of the policy landscape and interactions between key policy objectives, as well as a set of interviews. The results and recommendations from this analysis were discussed and validated in a workshop with 25 experts and decision-makers on 7 June 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.
A just energy transition in Kenya that enables the country to transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient development pathway requires coherence between policies and action on energy, climate, poverty and inequality reduction. The analysis of interaction between policy objectives in Kenya’s just energy transition found that prioritizing investments in renewable energy is the goal with the highest synergetic potential and contributes to economic growth, energy access, and reductions in poverty, inequality and greenhouse gas emissions. The equity goals related to industrialization and job creation highly conflict with greenhouse gas emission reduction in the industry and transport sectors.
