Turkana's 40th mini-grid comes online
Two more solar installations near Lokichoggio bring the corridor's total past the milestone we set in 2024.
428 PPM CO₂ · MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, 2026
Climate action, measured where the drought already began.
We're a Mogadishu-based nonprofit working across Mogadishu's KM4 — building community-owned solar, restoring degraded land with indigenous trees, and pushing county governments to spend climate finance where it's needed.
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Solar mini-grids
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Trees restored
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Counties reached
Our approach
Three ways in, one theory of change.
Action For Climate Concern started in 2019 when a handful of environmental researchers and pastoralist community leaders in Turkana began comparing notes: the rains they'd tracked for decades were no longer arriving on schedule, and neither was the money meant to help communities adapt.
We work on the premise that climate response has to be local first — owned, staffed, and directed by the communities living with drought, not designed for them from Nairobi or further away. Where national and county policy falls short, we show up with the data and the testimony to change it.
Restore drylands
Agroforestry and indigenous-species planting with smallholder farmers in Machakos, Makueni, and Kitui.
Power communities
Community-owned solar mini-grids that replace diesel generators in off-grid Turkana and Kajiado.
Hold power accountable
Tracking county climate-finance spend and briefing the National Climate Change Council.
What we run
Four programs, one drylands corridor.
Each program pairs field work with the data to prove it's working — or change course when it isn't.
Community Solar Co-ops
We finance and train local operators to run solar mini-grids, cutting diesel costs for clinics, schools, and small businesses.
Active in Turkana & Kajiado · 38 mini-grids
Drylands Reforestation
Agroforestry training and indigenous seedlings — acacia, melia, croton — for farmers rebuilding topsoil and shade cover.
Active in Machakos, Makueni, Kitui · 410,000 seedlings
Climate Policy Watch
We audit how counties spend their Climate Change Fund allocations and publish what we find, in plain language.
3 counties audited · 2 bills briefed
Youth Climate Corps
A paid, year-long fellowship placing young graduates in climate-adaptation roles with counties and partner NGOs.
6 partner universities · 900+ fellows since 2023
Where things stand
Seven years, in numbers and dates.
38
Solar mini-grids installed
410K
Indigenous trees planted
12
Counties with active work
900+
Youth Corps fellows trained
2019
Founded in Nairobi
A small group of environmental researchers and pastoralist community leaders from Turkana formalize the organization.
2020
First solar co-op goes live
A 12kW mini-grid in Lodwar, Turkana County, replaces three diesel generators serving a clinic and a market.
2021
Drylands Reforestation begins
Agroforestry training starts with 60 smallholder farmers in Machakos County.
2023
Testimony to the National Climate Change Council
We submit county-level spending data used in review of the Climate Change (Amendment) Act.
2026
Corridor reaches 12 counties
Solar, reforestation, and policy work now run side by side across Kenya's drylands corridor.
Get involved
Three ways to back this work.
Give
Recurring gifts fund seedling nurseries and mini-grid maintenance year-round. We accept bank transfer and mobile money — write in and we'll send details.
Email to giveVolunteer
Our Nairobi chapter meets monthly; field volunteers join planting seasons in Machakos and Makueni twice a year.
Ask about volunteeringApply to the Corps
The Youth Climate Corps fellowship runs each January for graduates aged 18–30. Applications open in October.
Request the application
Field notes
Recent writing from the corridor.
What the county climate-finance bill means for farmers
A plain-language breakdown of the amendment we briefed the National Assembly on last quarter.
Three years of agroforestry in Makueni
What survived the 2022 drought, what didn't, and what we changed about how we choose seedlings.