Climate Reporting

National climate and GHG reports, indicators and tools.

GHG Reports

Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory covers 1990–2022 and the three main gases (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O). It was prepared with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and the IPCC inventory software, and submitted as part of Kenya's first Biennial Transparency Report, initial Biennial Update Report and Third National Communication.

113,366 GgTotal emissions 2022CO₂-eq, including the land sector (113.4 million tonnes)

66,520 GgWithout the land sectorCO₂-eq, 2022

46,846 GgLand sector (LULUCF) 202241% of the national total; the largest sector

+343%Change since 1990including LULUCF (+160% without)

Kenya's greenhouse gas emissions by sector, 1990–2022 (Gg CO₂-eq)

Include land sector (LULUCF)

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Share of national emissions by sector, 2022 (total 113,366 Gg CO₂-eq, including LULUCF)

LULUCF

41%46,846 Gg · +653% since 1990

Agriculture

32%36,102 Gg · +131% since 1990

Energy

19%21,503 Gg · +206% since 1990

Waste

5%5,237 Gg · +141% since 1990

IPPU

3%3,677 Gg · +381% since 1990

The land sector (LULUCF) grew fastest, by about 20% a year, because deforestation and forest degradation outpaced reforestation and land was converted for farming and settlement. Agriculture and the land sector together (AFOLU) made up 73% of national emissions in 2022.

Emissions by gas, 1990–2022, including LULUCF (Gg CO₂-eq)

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Emissions by sector, Gg CO₂-eq (Table 2-2; LULUCF is reported from 2001)
Sector	1990	2000	2010	2020	2022	Growth a year	Change 1990–2022
LULUCF	–	–	14,975	40,457	46,846	20%	653%
Agriculture	15,640	13,733	19,941	40,212	36,102	4%	131%
Energy	7,019	7,768	15,185	20,626	21,503	6%	206%
Waste	2,172	2,953	4,113	5,009	5,237	4%	141%
IPPU	764	591	1,647	2,027	3,677	12%	381%

Scope: the national GHG inventory (NID) covers all land in Kenya (forest, cropland, grassland, wetland, settlements and other land) for 2001–2022 and reports CO₂ only for the land sector. The Forest Reference Level (FRL) covers forests only, for 2002–2018. The two answer different questions, so their figures should be read side by side, not added together.

Download the full inventory document (PDF, 16 MB)
Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Document 1990–2022, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, December 2024.

Source: Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Document 1990–2022, December 2024 (Kenya’s national inventory report to the UNFCCC). Chapters 1 and 2, Tables 2-1 to 2-3.